Jatha

Painting of a small jatha (contingent or band) of Akali-Nihang Sikhs on the march, ca.1850

A Jatha (Punjabi: ਜੱਥਾ [sg]; ਜਥੇ [pl] (Gurmukhi)) is an armed body of Sikhs[1] that has existed in Sikh tradition since 1699, the beginning of the Khalsa (Sikh martial order).[2] A Jatha basically means a group of people.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Civil Wars of the World: Major Conflicts Since World War II, Volume 1
  2. ^ "Who are Sikhs? What is Sikhism?". Sikhnet.com. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-26.