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Sikhism was established by Guru Nanak around 1499 C.E. and then led by nine other gurus (teachers). pg144
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Guru Nanak began teaching that many saw as a new part within Hinduism.
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By 1757 Great Britain had begun its century-long conquest of India to make it to the "jewel in the crown" of its empire.
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The Sikhs, who under Ranjit Singh had founded the first and only independent Sikh nation in northern India in 1819, rebelled in an effort to regain their independence. The British quickly crushed this revolt.
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In 1845 to 1846, British troops defeated the Sikh armies and took over a great dal of Sikh territory in the Punjab, a prosperous region of India.
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The first Sikhs- usually single young men, because of immigration rues that prevented families from entering the country- arrived around 1900s.
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In 1913, Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs in California founded the Ghadar, meaning revolt, Movement in order to raise money for resistance to British colonial rule in India.
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In 1965, the Sikh situation in the United States changed drastically for the better, with new federal legislation that lifted old prohibitions and quotas.