After the Guru Gobind Singh, Sikhs were mobilized by Banda Bahadur, who declared their sovereign rule by striking coins in the name of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh. However, he was executed by Mughals in 1761.

1. In the eighteenth century, the Sikhs organized themselves into a number of bands called jathas, and later misls.

2. Their combined forces were known as the grand army (dal khalsa).

3. The entire body used to meet at the time of Baisakhi and Diwali to take collective decisions.

4. A system called rakhi was introduced offering protection to cultivators on the payment of a tax of 20 percent of the produce.