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preserve this community under control they were even brought under
the Criminal Tribal Act, 1871. The world’s most socially, politically and
economically advance community was put to house arrests for almost
75 years. They were de-notified in 1952, after the independence of the
country. Now the Vanjara Sikhs are leading life in poverty and the
community who fought for the country’s independence and for the
cause of the humanity has become one of the most neglected
communities of the nation. Even the Khalsa Rajdhani Lohgarh has been
left abandoned by the Sikh organizations. It is only now that Lohgarh
Trust and the Government of Haryana are making endeavours for the
development of the area.
Gagandeep Singh
DDPO Yamuna Nagar
Government of Haryana
