Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act of 1971 is a piece of Indian legislation modeled after the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, which determines the management of Sikh houses of worship within Delhi Union Territory.
Impact[edit]
The 1971 act, more stringent than the 1925 act, required that any Sikhs voting for the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee be baptized Sikhs (amritdhari).[1] The legislation thus excluded from voting those Sikhs with shorn hair,[2] and the sahajdhari, persons who generally follow the Sikh lifestyle but are not initiated into the religion.
References[edit]
- ^ W. Owen Cole; Piara Singh Sambhi (16 December 1997). A Popular Dictionary of Sikhism: Sikh Religion and Philosophy. Taylor & Francis. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-0-203-98609-7. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ David Yoo (1999). New spiritual homes: religion and Asian Americans. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 93–. ISBN 978-0-8248-2072-5. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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