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Summary of Question:	Is It True That In Indian Constitution Sikhs Are Included Under Hindus,Why?
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Date Posted:	Wednesday, 12/26/2001 12:19 PM MST

Is it true that in Indian Constitution Sikhs are Included under Hindus,Why? Our Guru Granth Sahib ji clearly says "I m not muslim or a hindu" why has indian government done this.We don't do what hindus do ,We are so diffrent from them.I know Guru Nanak was born in a Hindu family,So was Jesus born in a jewish family does that mean christians are jews.Why is indian constitution so impracticable?We must do something about this.

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Sat Siri Akaal. I do not have a copy of the Indian Constitution on hand, nor have I read it. You can go here and see for yourself what it contains: http://alfa.nic.in/const/const.html
We are all people. Why the Indian constitution (perhaps) puts Sikhs under Hindus is (perhaps) a result of the thinking at the time the Constitution was written: that (perhaps) Sikhi is a sect of Hinduism, and/or that (perhaps) Sikhs needed to be controlled by Hindus. In any nation, the drafting of a Constitution is always a political effort before anything else. Think politically, not practically or even truthfully. I recommend you read it and read up on the history of its creation, and if you feel it needs changing, then work within the Indian political system to change it.
Guru rakha,
-DKK