Article 25 of the Constitution of India gravely errs where it stipulates that Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs are all sects of the Hindus, for this has been roundly refuted by all three communities. Since 1949, when the constitution was adopted, the Sikh representatives refused to affix their signatures. Ever since the Sikhs have, from time to time demanded its deletion.

When India was to be partitioned, the ruling Congress leaders lied to the Sikhs, promising them that they would have the final say in Punjab, which they recognized as the ‘Homeland of the Sikhs’. However, after the division, when the new Constitution was ratified with the said article 25, the Sikhs were informed, in the words of Pandit Nehru, that "Now the circumstances have changed" and the Sikhs must accept the will of the Majority Community. This is how they rewarded their saviours by categorizing the Sikhs as a ‘Sect’ of the Hindus.

The following are quotes from the records of some Muslim Historians, which have been collected by a staunch Arya Samajist Hindu, Daulat Ram, in his book entitled "Sahib-e-kamaal Guru Gobind Singh", (written in Urdu in 1901, and subsequently translated by Pritam Singh Baura of Southall, U.K. into Punjabi. Therein, he has described the times before and after the advent of Guru Gobind Singh and his bold steps taken to save the Hindus from complete extinction.

There are many more similar references. Daulat Ram added further: "the utter timidity, shameless, selfish and foolish attitude of the Hindus was such that they offered absolutely no - or very ineffective - resistance, which in fact encouraged the brutalities of the greedy invaders to go on. They not only let them plunder their wealth and gold, etc, but also silently paid the Jazia (levy) for performing their religious ritual of cremating their dead, bathing at pilgrimages and even worshipping at their temples".

Guru Nanak, as an eye-witness, openly criticized the ways of the demoralized and depressed Hindus in many of his sermons, such as "Antar puja parheh kateba sa‘njam Turkan bhaa-ee’ (Within, you perform worships, while outside you read Semitic books and adopt Mohamadan ways). For the barbaric Muslim rulers he said, "Rajey Shee’n mukadam kuttey" (The kings are maneating tigers and their ministers, the dogs).

Dr. Ganda Singh writes in his book edited by Dr. Taran Singh, "....sword and fire of Babar’s invading hordes had terrified the Hindus into political surrender.... They had been reduced to abject slavery by blood-thirsty adventures..."

Aurangzeb’s aggressive zeal surpassed his forefathers. He issued strict orders that all the Hindus must be converted to Islam forthwith. When one of the highest seats of Hindu learning in Kashmir (from where preachers were sent throughout India) was demolished, lots of terrified Pandits (who were his first target) began to convert voluntarily.

This tyrannized the Brahmin leaders so much that they found no other option but to approach the Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur to shelter them. Aurangzeb, although he respected the spiritual superiority of the Gurus and had given an honourable chair to the son of Guru Har Rai in his court, also hypocritically wished to bring the Sikhs under the grouping of Islam, which the Gurus would not accept. Being compassionate to the oppressed Hindus, Guru Teg Bahadur sent a challenge to the king to try and change his faith. Losing his temper, Aurangzeb hurriedly ordered the Guru to be beheaded. The Guru gave his head but not his faith, which the monarch took as his defeat, causing his reign of terror to slacken. Consequently, a zealous desire arose among the Sikh disciples, whose heroic struggle ultimately put an end to Aurangzeb’s tyranny.

This was a great act of benevolence by the Sikh Gurus, which could have attracted the whole of the Hindu community to gratefully merge into the Sikh-fold. But on the contrary, taking advantage of their majority in the vast country (where Sikhs were a tiny minority), the Hindus arrogantly brought up the disheartening Clause in the new Constitution of the partitioned India, that the Sikhs are a "sect" of the Hindus. And simultaneously, they started many other unjust ways to deprive the brave Sikhs of their glorious heritage.

Any simple-minded person would realize that the said Clause is unjust and that its inclusion is a mischievous act. Also their disagreeing to its deletion is illogical and injurious to the patriotic Sikhs, who not only have served the Hindu community so compassionately, but whose sacrifices towards achieving the independence of India have been unacknowledged.

It has been fifty-two years since the Sikhs have been struggling to get the status of their separate identity re-instated, and although no hopeful sign of success has been seen, the people at the helm fully realize the justification of the Sikh’s cause. Moreover, the whole world is now well aware of how zealously the Sikhs 300th birthday (of the Khalsa Community) is being celebrated everywhere. That is the greatest evidence of their uniqueness, something which has been acknowledged by most world-nations. For example, the Canadian Government issued a strikingly beautiful postal stamp (showing the Khalsa emblem Khanda as a souvenir, in commemoration of these celebrations.