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May 26, 2024 · Kuka Movement. The Kuka Movement was led by the Kuka Sikhs, also known as the Namdhari Sikhs, under the leadership of Baba Ram Singh. The movement had social, religious, and political dimensions and aimed to reform Sikh society and resist British colonial rule.
May 16, 2013 · There has been a doubtful history about the initial days of Kuka Movement. There are two names associated with the start of this movement i.e. Baba Balak Singh and Bhagat Jawar (or Jawahar) Mal. Balak Singh was born in village Sarvala, in District Attock, in 1799.
Namdharis, also known as Kuka Sikhs, believe that the line of Sikh Gurus did not end with Guru Gobind Singh, as they claim that he did not die in Nanded but escaped and lived in secret, and secretly helped the Khalsa in the coming decades under the guise of a man named Ajaypal Singh.
The Kuka Movement was founded in 1840 by Bhagat JawaharMal (also called Sian Saheb) in western Punjab and after the British took Punjab, the movement got transformed from a religious purification campaign to a political campaign.
Painting of a Namdhari or Kuka congregation of Guru Ram Singh performing katha (Sikh religious discourse lecture) with an opened scripture of Guru Granth Sahib. Theologically, the origin of Namdhari movement is located in the Sikh tradition of Nam-simran (mediation on the name of God).
Like the Nirankari, this second reform movement known as the Namdhari, or Kuka, movement also had its origin in the north-west corner of the Sikh kingdom, away from the places of royal pomp and grandeur. It harked back to a way of life more in keeping with the spiritual tradition of the community.
Baba Ram Singh Kuka was born on 3rd February 1816 and martyred on 29th November 1885. He was a freedom fighter, philosopher, and reformer. He was considered the second guru after Guru Balak Singh of the Namdhari section of Sikhism. He was the first Indian who used Non-Cooperation as an ideology and boycotted British services and goods.
Sep 10, 2023 · The Kuka Movement often called as the Namdhari Movement is regarded as the pioneer to Independence from the Britishers. The word Kuka is derived from the loud cries emitted by people during...
I INTRODUCTION. The present study assesses the British resistance in Punjab by the Namdharis. We will also discuss the social-religious evils in the society of Punjab and how Namdharies try to uplift the social status of the Sikhs with the object of preparing the ground for the attainment of a political goal.
Baldev Raj Nayar; Kuka Movement: An Important Phase in Punjab's Role in India's Struggle for Freedom. Journal of Asian Studies 1 May 1967; 26 (3): 500–501. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/2051447 Download citation file:
