Sikh Bhumihars: Difference between revisions
Babhanwiki (talk | contribs) |
Babhanwiki (talk | contribs) |
||
| (40 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
== Sardar Laxman Singh == | == Sardar Laxman Singh == | ||
[[File:Sardar Lakshman Singh.jpg|thumb|center|200px|Sardar Lakshman Singh]] | |||
A Keshdhari Sikh '''native to the Bikram block of the Patna district '''of Bihar, Sardar Laxman belonged to the Atharva mool/clan of Babhans and his Gotra was Kaundinya or Kaundilya. | A Keshdhari Sikh '''native to the Bikram block of the Patna district '''of Bihar, Sardar Laxman belonged to the Atharva mool/clan of Babhans and his Gotra was Kaundinya or Kaundilya. | ||
| Line 42: | Line 44: | ||
== Sardar Krishna Singh == | == Sardar Krishna Singh == | ||
[[File:Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh.jpeg| | <div align="center"> | ||
[[File:Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh.jpeg|180px|Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh]] | |||
</div> | |||
He | *Sardar Krishna, full name Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh, was a three term Sikh Bhumihar MLA from Arwal who had adopted Sikhism in his early years. Such was his popularity in the South Bihar region that he contested Bihar Legislative Assembly elections as an independent, without being affiliated with any political, not from his native Patna district, but from the neighbouring district of Arwal and still won three terms from there. | ||
[[File:Krishna description.jpeg|thumb|center|600px|Krishna Singh]] | |||
*He belonged to '''the village of Akhtiyarpur in Paliganj Block, Patna district'''. | |||
Apart from his political career, he was more widely known for founding the Brahmarshi Sena, an armed outfit that served the interests of Bhumihars, more than a decade before the Ranvir Sena was formed. It was because of him that Bhumihars and other upper castes of the Patna district felt safe for many years and remained comparatively unaffected from the left wing naxal terrorism. | *Apart from his political career, he was more widely known for founding the Brahmarshi Sena, an armed outfit that served the interests of Bhumihars, more than a decade before the Ranvir Sena was formed. It was because of him that Bhumihars and other upper castes of the Patna district felt safe for many years and remained comparatively unaffected from the left wing naxal terrorism. | ||
He and his outfit were responsible for thwarting left-wing Naxalite penetration into Patna district for years. | *He and his outfit were responsible for thwarting left-wing Naxalite penetration into Patna district for years. | ||
*Communist Party Of India considered him one of the 3 most notorious names in Bihar politics of those decades. | |||
<gallery class="center" widths="150px" heights="150px" mode="packed"> | |||
File:Brahmarshi Sena by Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh.jpg|Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh | |||
File:Krishna Singh was notorious.jpg|Krishna Singh | |||
File:Brahmarshi Sena Before Ranvir.jpg|Brahmarshi Sena | |||
File:Brahmarshi Sena Was Bhumihar's Sena.jpeg|Bhumihar's Sena | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Sardar Raghavendra Dhari Singh == | == Sardar Raghavendra Dhari Singh == | ||