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Hearth and diffusion
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DiffusionWhen the Mogul Empire took over in the 1600s, Sikhism first began to spread. The second ruler of the Mogul Empire tried his hardest to make Islam the only religion in his empire, thus many Sikhs fled to avoid death and torture, taking their religion with them. After the end of the conflict between the Moguls and the Sikhs, around 1644, the new guru traveled throughout the Punjab region in order to spread the faith. As time passed ,the faith spread, however it did not have much impact beyond India. In the late 1800s, the British came and annexed and partitioned parts of India. They recruited Sikhs to join their military, leading to the spread of Sikhs into the UK. Also, tensions between the Muslims and Sikhs rose again in the mid 1900s, leading to the migration of many scared Sikhs. Now, Sikhs are mainly concentrated in India, Canada, the US, and the UK, as displayed on the map to the right.
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