FACT: The British Imperial state, upon expanding and entering into the independent Panjaab in 1849, introduced white robed SANT BABE, to confuse, divide and destroy the mainstream Khaalsa Panth. 'Holy men' had already been a device for controlling the masses across South Asia for centuries upon centuries, used by Brahmins and Mullahs (both condemned in Guru Granth Sahib as men with butchers knifes, as a metaphoric description of their oppressive mind games over mass people). The British adopted this same tool against the powerful and cogent Sikh movement, which established itself as a sovereign, independent force in PANJAAB. Confuse, mislead, distract and divide the Sikhs. Undermine and dissipate their thinking, their unity and loyalty from one collective Granth, one collective Guru and one collective Panth. Introduce artificial holy men as a means of breaking the Sikh mind. Ban the vigorous, unifying, colour of Khaalsa blue, the blue captivating Khaalsa Nishaan Sahib, the gripping blue dhamaala. Replace it with men in white robes. With submissive, miniature white dastaars. Introduce the treacherous and conformist, compliant patiala style turban (commonly worn today!). Ban the dhamala. Ban blue clothing. This was the policy of the British raaj in Panjaab.
AND this EXACT SAME POLICY is followed by the DELHI ADMIN...for PUNJAB..since 1947....Nirankaris, namdharees, Beas Babas, Asutosh, Nirmal babas, etc etc etc...in fact MORE BABAS than SIKHS exist today in Punjab.
History Check: How many SANT BABAS were picked by Guru Gobind Singh ji for the PANJ PYARAS in 1699 ?? NOT ONE.
How many SANT BABAS are MARTYRS in SIKH HISTORY ?? NONE...
TODAY look at ANY Picture of PANJ PYARAS laying foundation stones..almost certain ALL will eb SANT BABAHS....some going under K{censored}wa babahs, others as SewaPanthi babas, others under Nirmaliahs, Udasis, this SAMPARDAI and THAT SAMPARDAI.......