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Punjabiyat

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Punjabiyatmeans "Punjabiness"[1]and is thelanguage revitalizationmovement ofPunjabi.[2][3][4]

Aims and goals

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InPakistan,its goal is a better status of Punjabi language along withUrduat state level.[5][6][7]In India, its goal is to bring together the Sikh, Hindu and Muslim communities.[8][9]

The movement's supporters in thePunjabi diasporafocus on the promotion of a shared cultural heritage.[10][11][12]

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Panjabiyat also has close links toSikh nationalismdue to the religious significance ofPunjabiandGurmukhiscript inSikhism.[13]With the advent of the notion ofDevanagariscript andHindiorSanskritas a language associated withHindu nationalismandArya Samajadvancing the cause ofDevanagariin the late 19th century, the cause ofGurmukhiwas advanced bySingh Sabha Movement.[14][15][16]This later culminated inPunjabi Subamovement whereSikhswho mostly identifiedPunjabias their mother tongue, whileHindusidentifying withHindiin the census, leading totrifurcation of stateon a linguistic basis in 1966 and the formation of a Sikh majority, Punjabi speaking state in India.[17]During theKhalistan movement,Kharkuswere known to enforce Punjabi language,Gurmukhiscript and traditionalPunjabi cultural dressin Punjab.[18]SGPCin its 1946 Sikh State resolution declared thePunjabregion as the natural homeland of the Sikhs.[19][20]Anandpur Sahib Resolutionalso linksSikhismtoPunjabas aSikh homeland.[21]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Ayres, Alyssa (August 2008)."Language, the Nation, and Symbolic Capital: The Case of Punjab".The Journal of Asian Studies.67(3). The Association for Asian Studies, Inc.: 917–946.doi:10.1017/s0021911808001204.S2CID56127067.
  2. ^Khurana, Jasbir Singh (2013).Punjabiyat: the cultural heritage and ethos of the people of Punjab.New Delhi, India: Hemkunt Publishers.ISBN9788170103950.OCLC847493566.
  3. ^Kalra, Virinder S; Purewal, Navtej Kaur (2021).Beyond religion in India and Pakistan: gender and caste, borders and boundaries.London: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 32.ISBN978-1-350-26630-8.OCLC1240306094.
  4. ^Mir, Farina (2010).The social space of language: vernacular culture in British colonial Punjabi.Berkeley; Los Angeles; London:University of California Press.p. 193.ISBN978-0-520-26269-0.OCLC1005177574.
  5. ^Ayres, Alyssa (2009).Speaking like a state: language and nationalism in Pakistan.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.p. 102.ISBN978-0-521-51931-1.OCLC1025774985.
  6. ^Jayal, Niraja Gopal; Mehta, Pratap Bhanu (2010).The Oxford companion to politics in India.Oxford:Oxford University Press.p. 183.ISBN978-0-19-566976-3.OCLC548626393.
  7. ^"Indian journal of politics".Indian Journal of Politics.39–40: 163. 1967.ISSN0303-9951.OCLC1680822.
  8. ^Silverman, Helaine; Ruggles, D. Fairchild (2009).Intangible Heritage Embodied.New York, NY: Springer New York. p. 51.doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0072-2.ISBN978-1-4419-0071-5.OCLC1012557811.
  9. ^Tellis, Ashley J; Wills, Michael; Bisley, Nick (2007).Strategic Asia 2007-08: domestic political change and grand strategy.Seattle, WA; Washington D.C.: National Bureau of Asian Research. p. 188.ISBN978-0-9713938-8-2.OCLC1131478348.
  10. ^Singh, Pritam."The idea of Punjabiyat".Academy of the Punjab in North America. Archived fromthe originalon 11 October 2011.Retrieved16 December2011.
  11. ^Lawrence, Michael R (2020).Indian film stars: new critical perspectives.London BFI 2020. p. 140.ISBN978-1-84457-855-9.OCLC1165396323.
  12. ^Goh, Robbie B. H (2018).Protestant Christianity in the Indian diaspora: abjected identities, Evangelical relations, and Pentecostal visions.Albany, NY:State University of New York Press.p. 180.ISBN978-1-4384-6943-0.OCLC1009182992.
  13. ^"Gurmukhi Script: An artistic tradition that captures Punjab's soul and spirit".Hindustan Times.2023-04-28.Retrieved2023-05-14.
  14. ^"RSS and Sikhs: defining a religion, and how their relationship has evolved".The Indian Express.2019-10-18.Retrieved2023-05-14.
  15. ^Jones, Kenneth W. (1973)."Ham Hindu Nahin: Arya-Sikh Relations, 1877–1905".The Journal of Asian Studies.32(3): 457–475.doi:10.2307/2052684.ISSN0021-9118.JSTOR2052684.S2CID163885354.
  16. ^Gupte, Pranay (1985-09-08)."THE PUNJAB: TORN BY TERROR".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2023-05-14.
  17. ^"How Punjab was won".The Indian Express.2010-05-17.Retrieved2023-05-14.
  18. ^"Militants tell villagers in Punjab to mention Punjabi as their mother tongue".India Today.Retrieved2023-05-14.
  19. ^"SGPC's 1946 resolution on 'Sikh state': What Simranjit Singh Mann missed".The Indian Express.2022-05-15.Retrieved2023-05-14.
  20. ^Vasudeva, Vikas (2022-05-12)."SGPC urged to support pro-Khalistan resolution".The Hindu.ISSN0971-751X.Retrieved2023-05-14.
  21. ^"Anandpur Sahib Resolution 1973 – JournalsOfIndia".2021-02-16.Retrieved2023-05-14.

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