Yes, Sikhs before British times followed this Gurus. They were Ram Bhakta, Shakti Upasak. They were "militant Hindus."

This is before British manufactured a "Sikhism" as a "religion" and separated it from "Hinduism." All those who follow that are not Gur-Sikhs but Brit-Sikhs. https://t.co/cyjErx1iPW

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