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			{{About\|Sikhism in Nepal\|Sikhism as a religion\|Sikhism}}
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			{{Infobox religious group\|population=~600–7,000\|founder=[[Guru Nanak]]\|group=Sikhism in Nepal\|flag=Khanda (Sikh Symbol).svg\|flag_size=50px\|languages=[[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] • [[Nepali language\|Nepali]]\|religions=[[Sikhism]] (incl. [[Udasi]]s and [[Nanakpanthi]]s)}}
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	~~[[Nepalis\|Neapalese]]~~ [[Sikhs]] first entered Nepal in the 18th century. Today, there is a small community of Sikhs living in Nepal, totaling around ~~7,000 people~~ according to the 2011 census.<ref ~~name~~="State of ~~neglet,~~ the ~~Kathmandu~~ post~~">[~~http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html ~~State~~ of ~~neglet~~, the ~~Kathmandu post]~~</ref>		Nepali [[Sikhs]] first entered Nepal in the 18th century. Today, there is a small community of Sikhs living in Nepal, with varying claims of their numbers totaling around 609 according to the 2011 census of Nepal whilst others have asserted the true number is in the area of 7,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Singh \|first=Jaspal \|date=29 December 2013 \|title=State of neglect \|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915025142/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html \|archive-date=15 September 2014 \|website=The Kathmandu Post \|quote=Generation after generation, their population grew and there is now a substantial population of Nepali Sikhs—over 7,000 residents, according to the 2011 Census.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Nepal Profile \|url=https://mofa.gov.np/about-nepal/nepal-profile/ \|website=Government of Nepal - Ministry Of Foreign Affairs \|quote=Religion(s): There are ten religious categories reported in the census 2011. Hindu is followed by 81.3 percent (21,551,492) of the population followed by Buddhism (9%; 2,396,099), Islam (4.4%; 1,162,370), Kirat (3.1%; 807,169), Christianity (1.4%; 375,699), Prakriti (0.5%; 121,982), Bon (13,006), Jainism (3,214), Bahai (1,283) and Sikhism (609).}}</ref>

	==~~Background~~==		==History==
	[[Guru Nanak\|Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bali\|first=Meghna\|title=Little punjab {{!}} Nepali Times Buzz {{!}} Nepali Times\|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=archive.nepalitimes.com}}</ref> It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.<ref name="sikhnet">{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}</ref>

	Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], the youngest wife of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post"/>		=== Sikh gurus ===
			[[Guru Nanak\|Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bali\|first=Meghna\|title=Little punjab {{!}} Nepali Times Buzz {{!}} Nepali Times\|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=archive.nepalitimes.com}}</ref> It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.<ref name="sikhnet">{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|date=2 May 2013 \|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}</ref> Guru Nanak is traditionally locally known as ''Nanak Rishi'' in Nepal.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Baker \|first=Janet \|date=2019-10-02 \|title=Guru Nanak: 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder: Phoenix Art Museum, The Khanuja Family Sikh Art Gallery, 17 August 2019–29 March 2020 \|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17448727.2019.1685641 \|journal=Sikh Formations \|language=en \|volume=15 \|issue=3–4 \|pages=499 \|doi=10.1080/17448727.2019.1685641 \|s2cid=210494526 \|issn=1744-8727\|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Service \|first=Tribune News \|title=Booklet on Guru Nanak Dev's teachings released \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/ludhiana/booklet-on-guru-nanak-dev%E2%80%99s-teachings-released-859755 \|access-date=2023-02-19 \|website=Tribuneindia News Service \|language=en \|quote=Rare is a saint who has travelled and preached as widely as Guru Nanak Dev. He was known as Nanakachraya in Sri Lanka, Nanak Lama in Tibet, Guru Rimpochea in Sikkim, Nanak Rishi in Nepal, Nanak Peer in Baghdad, Wali Hind in Mecca, Nanak Vali in Misar, Nanak Kadamdar in Russia, Baba Nanak in Iraq, Peer Balagdaan in Mazahar Sharif and Baba Foosa in China, said Dr S S Sibia, director of Sibia Medical Centre.}}</ref>

			[[Guru Gobind Singh]] makes mention of [[Gurkha\|Gurkhas]] in the ''[[Dasam Granth]]'', stating:<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Singh \|first=I. J. \|date=8 February 2012 \|title=Sikhi: The Global Vision That Was \|url=https://www.sikhnet.com/news/sikhi-global-vision-was \|website=SikhNet}}</ref>
			{{Quote\|text="Gorkhas [sic] sing thy praises, the residents of China and Manchuria bow their heads before thee and the Tibetans destroy their own sufferings by remembering thee. Those who meditate on thee obtain perfect glory, and prosper greatly. One cannot know thy limit, O Infinitely Glorious Lord! Thou art the Giver of all, therefore thou are Boundless."\|author=Guru Gobind Singh\|title=''Dasam Granth''}}

			=== Sikh Empire ===
			Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], the youngest wife of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post">[https://mofa.gov.np/about-nepal/nepal-profile/ Ministry Of Foreign Affairs] </ref>

			==== Release of Sikh prisoners-of-war in Tibetan captivity ====
			In March 1856, a treaty between Tibet and the [[Kingdom of Nepal]], known as the [[Treaty of Thapathali]], was signed. Clause 4 of the treaty freed the remaining Sikh prisoners-of-war still held in Tibetan captivity whom were [[Dogra–Tibetan war\|captured in 1841]].<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://tibet.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/political-treaties-of-tibet...pdf \|title=Political Treaties of Tibet (821 to 1951) \|publisher=Department of Information & International Relations (DIIR) - Central Tibetan Administration \|year=1990 \|chapter=Treaty Between Nepal and Tibet, March 1856 \|format=PDF \|quote=4. Chouthon Kura (Article Four): The Government of Gorkha is to withdraw its troops from the occupied territories of Kuti and Kerong and Jhung and return to the Tibetans the sepoys, sheep, and yaks captured during the war, when the conditions of the treaty were fulfilled. The Tibetans, in return, are also to give back to the Gorkhali cannons and also the Sikh prisoners-of war who had been captured in 1841 in the war between Bhot and the Dogra ruler.}}</ref> This clause was included in the treaty at the behest of [[Gulab Singh]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Kashmir]] to free the remaining prisoners.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=McKay \|first=Alex \|title=Tibet and Her Neighbours: A History \|publisher=Edition Hansjörg Mayer \|year=2003 \|isbn=9783883757186 \|pages=139}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html\|title=State of neglect \| Free the Words \| :: The Kathmandu Post ::\|publisher=ekantipur.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}		*{{cite web\|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html\|title=State of neglect \| Free the Words \| :: The Kathmandu Post ::\|publisher=ekantipur.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}		*{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|date=2 May 2013 \|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.learnpunjabi.org/\|~~publisher~~=learnpunjabi.org\|~~access~~-date=~~2014~~-~~09-14~~}}		*{{cite web \|title=Research Centre for Punjabi Language Technology \|url=http://www.learnpunjabi.org/ \|website=[[Punjabi University]] \|access-date=25 June 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610133731/https://www.learnpunjabi.org/ \|archive-date=Jun 10, 2023 \|language=en \|url-status=live}}

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	[[Nepalis\|Neapalese]] [[Sikhs]] first entered Nepal in the 18th century. Today, there is a small community of Sikhs living in Nepal, totaling around 7,000 people according to the 2011 census.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post">[http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html State of neglet, the Kathmandu post]</ref>		[[Nepalis\|Neapalese]] [[Sikhs]] first entered Nepal in the 18th century. Today, there is a small community of Sikhs living in Nepal, totaling around 7,000 people according to the 2011 census.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post">[http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html State of neglet, the Kathmandu post]</ref>

	== Background ==		==Background==
	[[Guru Nanak\|Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.<ref>[http://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028 ~~Little Punjab, Nepali Times]~~</ref> It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.<ref name="sikhnet">{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}</ref>		[[Guru Nanak\|Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bali\|first=Meghna\|title=Little punjab {{!}} Nepali Times Buzz {{!}} Nepali Times\|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=archive.nepalitimes.com}}</ref> It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.<ref name="sikhnet">{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}</ref>

	Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], the youngest wife of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post"/>		Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], the youngest wife of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post"/>

	~~== Gurdwaras ==~~
	*Kupondole, Kathmandu
	*Butwal, Rupandehi
	*Gurudwara Shree Guru Singh Sabha,
	*Jamunaha Gaon, Banke

	~~==Notable Sikhs==~~
	* Jasaman singh sethi, zone chairmain for lions club international

	==See also==		==See also==
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	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}		*{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}
	*{{cite web\|url~~=http://www.learnpunjabi.org/\|title~~=http://www.learnpunjabi.org/\|publisher=learnpunjabi.org\|access-date=2014-09-14}}		*{{cite web\|url=http://www.learnpunjabi.org/\|publisher=learnpunjabi.org\|access-date=2014-09-14}}

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	*Gurudwara Shree Guru Singh Sabha,		*Gurudwara Shree Guru Singh Sabha,

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	* Butwal, Rupandehi		*Butwal, Rupandehi
	*Gurudwara Shree Guru Singh Sabha,		*Gurudwara Shree Guru Singh Sabha,
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	Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], the youngest wife of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post"/>		Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], the youngest wife of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post"/>

	==Gurdwaras ==		== Gurdwaras ==
	* Kupondole, Kathmandu		* Kupondole, Kathmandu
	* Butwal, Rupandehi		* Butwal, Rupandehi

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	Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], the youngest wife of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post"/>		Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], the youngest wife of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post"/>

	==Gurdwaras==		==Gurdwaras ==
	* Kupondole, Kathmandu		* Kupondole, Kathmandu
	* Butwal, Rupandehi		* Butwal, Rupandehi

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	[[Nepalis\|Neapalese]] [[Sikhs]] first entered Nepal in the 18th century. Today, there is a small community of Sikhs living in Nepal, totaling around 7,000 people according to the 2011 census.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post">[http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html State of neglet, the Kathmandu post]</ref>		[[Nepalis\|Neapalese]] [[Sikhs]] first entered Nepal in the 18th century. Today, there is a small community of Sikhs living in Nepal, totaling around 7,000 people according to the 2011 census.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post">[http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html State of neglet, the Kathmandu post]</ref>

	==Background ==		== Background ==
	[[Guru Nanak\|Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.<ref>[http://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028 Little Punjab, Nepali Times]</ref> It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.<ref name="sikhnet">{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}</ref>		[[Guru Nanak\|Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.<ref>[http://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028 Little Punjab, Nepali Times]</ref> It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.<ref name="sikhnet">{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}</ref>

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	[[Nepalis\|Neapalese]] [[Sikhs]] first entered Nepal in the 18th century. Today, there is a small community of Sikhs living in Nepal, totaling around 7,000 people according to the 2011 census.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post">[http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html State of neglet, the Kathmandu post]</ref>		[[Nepalis\|Neapalese]] [[Sikhs]] first entered Nepal in the 18th century. Today, there is a small community of Sikhs living in Nepal, totaling around 7,000 people according to the 2011 census.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post">[http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html State of neglet, the Kathmandu post]</ref>

	==Background==		==Background ==
	[[Guru Nanak\|Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.<ref>[http://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028 Little Punjab, Nepali Times]</ref> It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.<ref name="sikhnet">{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}</ref>		[[Guru Nanak\|Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.<ref>[http://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028 Little Punjab, Nepali Times]</ref> It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.<ref name="sikhnet">{{cite web\|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned\|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned \| SikhNet\|publisher=sikhnet.com\|access-date=2014-09-14}}</ref>

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	* Butwal, Rupandehi		* Butwal, Rupandehi
	* Gurudwara Shree Guru Singh Sabha, Jamunaha Gaon, Banke		* Gurudwara Shree Guru Singh Sabha,
			*Jamunaha Gaon, Banke

	==Notable Sikhs==		==Notable Sikhs==