Nirmala sadhus, nirmalas have a close affinity to Hindus and in the Census Report for the Punjab for the year 1891 a large number of Nirmalas actually declared themselves as Hindus. Bhide, J., on these materials, rightly came to the conclusion that Nirmala Sadhus are not Sikhs, Mahant Harnam Singh v. Gurdial Singh, AIR 1967 SC 1415 (1418): (1967) 2 SCR 739.
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