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Haven't seen it, but you are right, there are some controversial issue that Bandha caused divisions in the Paanth about:

 

- Changing the Sikh greeting to "Fateh Darshan"

- Stopping Sikh from eating Onion and Garlic (something some Hindu sects pratice).

- Causing the first controversy over the meat issue (he was a strict vegetarian).

- Changing the flag colours.

- He still had his old Bairagi tendancies, and tended to unwittingly cause Hindu pratices to creep into Sikh philosophy.

 

In terms of good things:

 

- He had mostly lowcastes like Labanas' and Dalits in his ranks.

- He professed total equality.

- As a warrior he led by example.

- He brought Jatts into the fold in large numbers.

- He formed the First Sikh Kingdom and struck a coin in the name of the Guru's.


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