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'''Sikha-Shahi''' is used to denote the high-handedness of a ruler. The term originated during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tandon|first=Prakash|url=https://archive.org/details/punjabicentury180000tand|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/punjabicentury180000tand/page/10 10]|title=Punjabi Century, 1857-1947|date=1968|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-01253-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Nevile|first=Pran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbstDwAAQBAJ&dq=sikha+shahi&pg=PT15|title=Lahore|date=2006-07-07|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-86651-91-4|language=en}}</ref> in [[Punjab]], which stretched from the [[Kashmir Valley]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lawrence|first=Sir Walter Roper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqAHweWRUs0C&dq=sikha+shahi&pg=PA200|title=The Valley of Kashmir|date=2005|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1630-1|language=en}}</ref> to the mouth of the [[Khyber Pass]]. About 70 per cent of the subjects of the Sikh ruler were Muslim.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hasan|first=Prof M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbUB_ACAR5QC&dq=sikha+shahi&pg=PR39|title=HISTORY OF ISLAM (2 Vols. Set)|date=2002|publisher=Adam Publishers & Distributors|isbn=978-81-7435-019-0|language=en}}</ref><br />
Allegedly, during the [[Sikh period in Lahore]], curb to religious freedom and economic suppression were imposed on Muslim subjects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/10/30/back-to-sikha-shahi-rule/|title=Back to Sikha Shahi rule?|website=Pakistan Today|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> The Sikh rule was dubbed 'Sikha-Shahi' by the aggrieved [[Punjabi Muslims|Muslim]] elite.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1156166|title=COLUMN:The uses of language snobbery:Urdu & the identity politics|last=Kamal|first=Ajmal|date=2015-01-11|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> The phrase now refers to the rule of a monarchy<ref>{{cite web | last=Shehzad | first=Rizwan | title='Arbitrary rule': Sharif asks people to revolt against 'sikha shahi' | website=The Express Tribune | date=2018-03-06 | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1652018/1-arbitrary-rule-sharif-asks-people-revolt-sikha-shahi/ | access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> or unfavourable court orders<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/21-Dec-2017/court-must-act-against-nawaz-for-sikha-shahi-remark-kaira|title=Court must act against Nawaz for 'Sikha Shahi' remark: Kaira|date=2017-12-21|website=The Nation|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> in Pakistan, especially in the Punjab province.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Allen|first=Charles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R6mLH_rImHYC&dq=sikha+shahi&pg=PT28|title=Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier|date=2012-06-21|publisher=John Murray Press|isbn=978-1-84854-720-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1393389|title=Ex-PM talks about power of vote again|last=Reporter|first=The Newspaper's Staff|date=2018-03-06|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Battle of Shopian]]<br />
* [[Sikh period in Lahore]]<br />
* [[Treaty of Amritsar (1846)]]<br />
* [[Religious discrimination in Pakistan]]<br />
* [[Chhota Ghallughara]]<br />
* [[Vadda Ghalughara]]<br />
* [[Military coups in Pakistan]]<br />
* [[Sikh Empire]]<br />
* [[Islam and Sikhism]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Pakistani words and phrases]]<br />
[[Category:Political terminology in Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi words and phrases]]<br />
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