![]() ![]() It has been postulated, though inconclusively, that the increased militarisation of the Sikh panth following the martyrdom of Guru Arjan (beginning during the era of Guru Hargobind and continuing after) and its large Jat presence may have reciprocally influenced each other. They formed the vanguard of Sikh resistance against the Mughal Empire from the 18th century onwards. : 265 While touring the countryside of eastern Punjab, he founded several important towns like Tarn Taran Sahib, Kartarpur, and Hargobindpur which functioned as social and economic hubs, and together with the community-funded completion of the Darbar Sahib to house the Guru Granth Sahib and serve as a rallying point and center for Sikh activity, established the beginnings of a self-contained Sikh community, which was especially swelled with the region's Jat peasantry. While followers important to Sikh tradition like Baba Buddha were among the earliest significant historical Sikh figures, and significant numbers of conversions occurred as early as the time of Guru Angad (1504-1552), the first large-scale conversions of Jats is commonly held to have begun during the time of Guru Arjan (1563-1606). : 59 Jats were previously indifferent towards deep religious affairs. Initially, some Jats started to follow the teachings of Guru Nanak, which did much to remove social barriers raised to them by sāvarṇa caste society. They form at least half of the Sikh population in Punjab, with some sources estimating them to be about 60% to 66% of the Sikh population. They form an estimated 21%-25% of the population of the Indian state of Punjab. They are one of the dominant communities in the Punjab owing to their large land holdings. Jat Sikh (also known by the more conventional endonym Jatt Sikh) is a sub-group of the Jat people and the Sikh ethnoreligious group from the Indian subcontinent. A Sikh who identifies as Jat from Agra, India ![]()
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