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The '''Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act of 1971''' is a piece of [[India]]n legislation modeled after the [[Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925]], which determines the management of Sikh houses of worship within [[Delhi Union Territory]]. The 1971 act, more stringent than the 1925 act, required that any Sikhs voting for the [[Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee]] be baptized Sikhs (''[[amritdhari]]'').<ref name="ColeSambhi1997">{{cite book|author1=W. Owen Cole|author2=Piara Singh Sambhi|title=A Popular Dictionary of Sikhism: Sikh Religion and Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57gN36asPCIC&pg=PA77|accessdate=13 May 2013|date=16 December 1997|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-203-98609-7|pages=77–}}</ref> The legislation thus excluded from voting those Sikhs with shorn hair,<ref name="Yoo1999">{{cite book|author=David Yoo|title=New spiritual homes: religion and Asian Americans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hBsBVKHtjgC&pg=PA93|accessdate=13 May 2013|year=1999|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2072-5|pages=93–}}</ref> and the [[sahajdhari|sahajdhari sikh]], persons who generally follow the Sikh lifestyle.<br />
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