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''Sodhi'' is a Kshatriya clan of Punjab (India). Sodhis are considered to be landlords and can be found all over North India mainly in Punjab. ==Sikh Gurus== Seven of the Sikh Gurus (from Guru Ram Das to Guru Gobind Singh) belonged to the Sodhi surname. In his autobiography, Vichitra Natak Guru Gobind Singh gives an account of the origin of the Sodhi clan. Sodhi Rai was the son of Kusha.Kusha was created by Lord Valmiki with a dry grass. After which he was known as Rama's son. He moved to the Sanadh region where he married the king's daughter. His descendants moved to Madra Desh (now called Punjab), and came to be called Sodhi.〔http://www.deragurubhadbhagsinghji.com/english/pedigree.asp〕 Descendants of other son of Lord Rama, Lava,populated the city of Lahore (now in Pakistan). These descendents came to be called Lavana, Labana, Luwaar, Luvar, etc. It is believed that the descendants of these two children of Lord Rama rule every 500 years. After the rule of Kusha's descendants, the 'kingdom' was passed down to descendants of Lava. In Sikhism, seven of the ten Gurus (spiritual leaders) were from the Sodhi family, beginning with the fourth Guru. Two of these Gurus were martyred under the edict of the ruling Mughal emperors. Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru, was martyred to prevent the Emperor Aurangzeb from forcibly converting the Hindus in India to Islam. The Emperor agreed to cease his policy of forcible conversion if he failed to convert the Guru to Islam. If the Guru converted to Islam, then all the Sikhs and his Hindu followers would also convert. The Guru was beheaded and refused to convert. This was the first recorded act of a leader of a religion saving the religious freedom of people from a different religion. After the death of Guru Tegh Bahader, the leadership of the Sikhs fell on the shoulders of his son, Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Gobind Singh was the last spiritual leader of the Sikhs. Among his many other acts, he instigated social practices that promoted civil rights such as the rejection of caste system and equality for women. He was assassinated in 1708, and passed on the leadership of the Sikhs to the Sikh religious text, the Guru Granth Sahib. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sodhi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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