Punjabi Sikhs
Punjabi Sikhs are adherents of Sikhism who identify ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis. Sikhs are the third-largest religious group of the Punjabi ethnic community, after the Muslims and Hindus, and they form the largest religious community in the Indian state of Punjab. Sikhism is an indigenous religion that originated in the Punjab region of South Asia during the 15th century. Almost 97% of the world's Sikh population are Punjabis. Punjabi Sikhs are primarily found in the Indian state of Punjab, the only Sikh-majority administrative division on Earth. Punjabi Sikhs make up roughly 60 percent of the state’s population. Many have ancestry from the greater Punjab region, an area that was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947. In the contemporary era, apart from Indian Punjab, Punjabi Sikhs are found in large numbers across the Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Chandigarh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Large numbers are also found in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Britain, as various immigration waves over the centuries better prospects and career. History

The Sikh religion founder, Guru Nanak (1469–1539), was roughly a contemporary of the founder of Mughal Empire Babur in India. Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born in a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family, which was initially a community of scribes and traders. In Un-divided Punjab region, the eldest son of every Punjabi Hindu families was nominated and was represented as Sardars and had protected their family and Indic communities from the tyrannies of Mughal rulers and their torture. A huge number of peasants from Hindu and Muslim backgrounds in Punjab have converted to Sikhism for various motives (such as conviction, fear, or economic) since the starting of new faith. Martial race

Origin as a Martial race

Unofficially the militarization of Punjabi Sikhs have just started after The Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (5th Guru in Sikhism). He was looked at as a sacrifice for the truth, and it became un-Sikh like to stand oppression. The guru's death became a watershed moment as from then onwards there began the militarisation of Sikhs in Punjab to take up arms against Mughal tyrannies. This conflict that started between the Mughals and Sikhs with the execution of Arjan Dev continued till the last guru, Gobind Singh who finally established the official Militarised order, the Khalsa, in 1699. Punjabi Sikhs have been regarded as one of the toughest and fiercest Martial race warriors by British when they were ruling Indian Subcontinent between (1858–1947) AD respectively. Initially, Punjabi Sikh soldiers constituted a major chunk of the British Indian Army as they were most trusted by British officers due to their hard work, dedication, loyalty and valuable service. People of Punjab have played a big role in the India's freedom struggle. About 120 people from Punjab were hanged and many more were imprisoned during the Independence movement. In fact, despite being 2% of India's population, Punjabi Sikhs constitute around 20% of the Indian Armed Force. Punjab is the 2nd Largest Army contributor after Uttar Pradesh respectively. Language 
Punjabi Sikhs speaks the Punjabi language as their mother tongue. Various dialects of Punjabi language such as Bagri, Bilaspuri, Bhateali, Majhi, Doabi, Malwai, and Puadhi etc are spoken by Punjabi Sikhs across India and abroad as their mother tongue. In Indian Punjab, Punjabi is written in Gurmukhi script, While in Pakistan's Punjab, Shahmukhi script is used respectively. Gurmukhi is written from left to right, while Shahmukhi is written from right to left. The use of Gurmukhi script generally started and developed during the time of 2nd Sikh guru, Guru Angad Dev (1504–1552) who have standardized it. It is commonly regarded as Sikh Script. While Shahmukhi script have been used by Punjabi Muslims since from the time of the 12th century, when Punjabi Sufi Poets have used it to write Punjabi. Shahmukhi is a Perso-Arabic alphabet script. Culture

Festivals 

The Punjabi Sikhs observe historic festivals such as Lohri, Basant and Vaisakhi as seasonal and cultural festivals in Punjab and outside of it. Other seasonal Punjabi festivals in India include Maghi and Teeyan respectively. Teeyan is also known as festival of females, as women enjoy it with their close friends. On the day of maghi, people fly kites and eat their traditional dish Punjabi dish khichdi. Other festivals observed by Punjabi Sikhs includes the festivals of Sikhism like- Gurupurab, Bandi Chhor Divas, etc. 