The Jhatka Conference In 1937

[chatanga1]

well the first thing that struck me was that before the opening of the Jhatka shop, Sikhs were buying meat from the muslims. That may have been down to the non-existence of the jhatkashop, but that wouldnt really excuse the Sikhs form eating Halal.

Also Im wondering whether this Kharak SIngh is the same Kharak Singh who was one of the leaders for the Sikhs in the independence movement fromt he british.

[Guest IPP]

Kunjah refers to an area where Sikh population was very small or in other words a localized occurrence in Gujrat district of West Punjab. Jhatka shops would have been few in that area and only in bigger centres but the Sikh population was spread out. Amritdharis were even fewer. So 'Kutha' prohibition of rehat maryada had no bearing on where most Sikhs bought meat like the hindus of the area. With the increase of awareness after the Sikh revivalist movement of the early 20th century that became an issue as Sikhs in Muslim majority areas started asserting their way of life. As the Jandiala Sher Khan Jhatka conference of 1937 indicates the Sikh way of life was not tolerated by Muslims but Muslims could do Halal everywhere even in East Punjab without a problem. It was an issue of equality in religious practices that Sikhs were demanding and the Muslims were not ready to accept.