WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sikhism was born in the Punjab area of South Asia, which now falls into the present day states of India and Pakistan. The main religions of the area at the time were Hinduism and Islam. The Sikh faith began around 1500 CE, when Guru Nanak began teaching a faith that was quite distinct from Hinduism and Islam.

Detailed explanation-2: -While Punjabi Sikhs are mostly found in the Indian state of Punjab today, where they formed 60% of the state population, many have ancestry from the greater Punjab region, an area that was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947.

Detailed explanation-3: -History of Punjab The foundations of the present Punjab were laid by Banda Singh Bahadur, a hermit who became a military leader and, with his fighting band of Sikhs, temporarily liberated the eastern part of the province from Mughal rule in 1709–10.