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    The Nihang (also spelt as Nihung lit. "Crocodiles") or Akali (lit. "Immortals"), also known as Dal Khalsa, is an armed Sikh warrior order originating in...
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  • Liberation Force. Nihang was instrumental in reinvigorating the Khalistan Movement in the 21st Century. Nihang died in police custody. Nihang was born in April...
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    Bhai Nihang Khan (Gurmukhi: ਨਿਹੰਗ ਖ਼ਾਨ, Shahmukhi: نهنگ خاں) was the zamindar ruler of a small feudal estate called Kotla Nihang Khan near Ropar in Punjab...
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    In Sikhism, some Sikhs particularly of the Nihang community use edible cannabis in a religious context. They make use of cannabis by ingestion. It is used...
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    known as Akali Hanuman Singh or Amar Shaheed Baba Hanuman Singh, was a Nihang Sikh and was the 7th Jathedar of Budha Dal and Jathedar of Akal Takhat....
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  • The Nihang (Punjabi: ਨਿਹੰਗ) are an armed Sikh order. They are also referred to as Akali (lit. "the eternal"). Baba Binod Singh Baba Darbara Singh Nawab...
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    Kotla Nihang Khan is a suburb town of Ropar city in Punjab, India. It is famed as the erstwhile principality of the seventeenth-century Pathan zamindar...
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    Eating meat among Nihang Sikhs employs technique of Jhatka is practiced by sects within Sikhism when consuming meat that is either hunted or farmed. This...
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    Jathedar Baba Chet Singh (1914–1968) was a Nihang and was 12th Jathedar of Budha Dal after Baba Sahib Ji Kaladhari. He was born in 1914 at Talwandi. His...
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    Nidar Singh Nihang (Punjabi: ਨਿਡਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਿਹੰਗ; born 1967) is a British scholar, martial artist and grandmaster (Gurdev) of the ancient Indian martial art...
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