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Some Bhumihar in parts of Bihar during the late 20th century rejected Hinduism and embraced Sikhism. The conversions were concentrated primarily in villages of the Dulhinbazar, Paliganj and Bikram blocks of Patna, with a few reported cases in neighbouring Arwal district. Several Sikh Bhumihar figures, including ''Sardar Krishna Singh'', ''Sardar Lakshman Singh'' and ''Sardar Raghavendra'' became '''associated with anti-Naxalite politics and militias''' in central Bihar.

The Sikh conversation phenomenon, although geographically and numerically limited, ''produced figures and events that were so remarkable that they've become an indispensable part of the Bhumihar social history.''

== Bhumihar conversion to Sikhism ==

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* Apathy among the other local Bihari castes towards the targeting of Bhumihars by Left-wing militants also filled Bhumihars with mistrust towards their non-Bhumihar neighbours, laying bare the caste based faultlines within Hindu society and ultimately '''leaving those Bhumihars unsatisfied and disillusioned with Hinduism'''.

=== Attitude towards Hindu orthodoxy ===

=== Attitude of new converts towards the Hindu orthodoxy ===

~~These new converts:~~

* Scoffed at their neighbouring Hindu Brahmins' smugness and their insistence on fighting the left wing Naxals with Vedic philosophy and Sanskrit mantras.

* Were puzzled by the absolute irrationality of their neighbours, who were convincing them to fight armed to the teeth Naxals by employing Vedic philosophy and shouting Sanskrit in the face of raining bullets.

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The police had found Ranvir Sena's name written on wall using blood, near the place of the incident.

[[File:~~Toireport~~.jpg|center|thumb|~~484x484px~~|Times Of India report on Sardar Laxman Singh when he was taken into the police custody.]]

[[File:0eb14b86-77e6-49ab-a669-aa37f5611e0b.jpg|center|thumb|527x527px|Times Of India report on Sardar Laxman Singh when he was taken into the police custody.]]

== Sardar Krishna Singh ==

~~<div align="center">~~[[File:Sardar_Krishna_Nandan_Singh.jpeg|~~border~~|Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh]]~~</div>~~

[[File:Sardar_Krishna_Nandan_Singh.jpeg|130px|right|'''Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh''']]

*'''Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh''' was a '''three-term (1980–95) Sikh Bhumihar MLA from Arwal, Bihar''', who had adopted Sikhism in his early years and founded the ''Brahmarshi Sena'' to fight the Naxalite menace in Bihar. Such was his popularity in the South Bihar region that he won the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections independently three consecutive times, without being affiliated with any political party, from the neighbouring district of Arwal.

*Sardar Krishna, full name Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh, was a '''three term (1980-95) Sikh Bhumihar MLA from Arwal, Bihar''' who had adopted Sikhism in his early years, founded ''Brahmarshi Sena'' to fight the Naxalite menace in Bihar. Such was his popularity in the South Bihar region that he won Bihar Legislative Assembly elections independently 3 times in a row, without being affiliated to any political party, from the neighbouring district of Arwal.

~~[[File:Krishna description.jpeg|thumb|center|600px|Krishna Singh]]~~

*He belonged to '''the village of Akhtiyarpur in Paliganj Block, Patna district'''.

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*He and his outfit were responsible for '''thwarting left wing Naxalite penetration into Patna''' district for years.

*The Communist Party of India considered Sardar Krishna Singh, a Bhumihar Sikh, to be one of the three most notorious figures in the politics of undivided Bihar and Jharkhand during his presence in active politics.

~~[[File:Brahmarshi Sena Before Ranvir.jpg|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Brahmarshi Sena was defending the Bhumihars and fighting the Naxalites long before Ranvir Sena was made.''']]~~

[[File:Brahmarshi Sena by Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh.jpg|none|'''Sardar Krishna Singh, a native Bihari Babhan Sikh, founded the Brahmarshi Sena to combat Naxalites and other far Left Wing elements.''' |frame]]

[[File:Krishna Singh was notorious.jpg|left|thumb|461x461px|'''The Communist Party of India considered Sardar Krishna Singh, a Bhumihar Sikh, to be one of the three most notorious figures in the politics of undivided Bihar and Jharkhand during the 1980s and early 1990s.''']][[File:Brahmarshi Sena Was Bhumihar's Sena.jpeg|center|thumb|689x689px]]

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| style="width:50%; vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" |

[[File:Brahmarshi Sena Before Ranvir.jpg|thumb|430px|'''Brahmarshi Sena was defending the Bhumihars and fighting the Naxalites long before Ranvir Sena was made.''']]

| style="width:50%; vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" |

[[File:Brahmarshi Sena by Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh.jpg|thumb|430px|'''Sardar Krishna Singh, a native Bihari Babhan Sikh, founded the Brahmarshi Sena to combat Naxalites and other far Left Wing elements.''']]

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[[File:Krishna Singh was notorious.jpg|thumb|430px|'''The Communist Party of India considered Sardar Krishna Singh, a Bhumihar Sikh MLA and the chief of ''Brahmarshi Sena'', to be one of the three most notorious figures in the politics of undivided Bihar and Jharkhand during the 1980s and early 1990s.''']]

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[[File:Brahmarshi Sena Was Bhumihar's Sena.jpeg|thumb|430px|'''Brahmarshi Sena was a Bhumihar militia that preceded the Ranvir Sena.''']]

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[[File:Krishna description.jpeg|thumb|430px|'''Sardar Krishna Singh''']]

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== Sardar Raghavendra Dhari Singh ==

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'''He was also a patron of the Patna Sahib Gurudwara.'''

[[File:HS.jpg|thumb|'''Local [https://share.google/A1GNM3SAzGzfaJaH0 News report] testifying how some Bhumihar villages in Patna converted to Sikhism and Sardar Raghavendra Dhari Singh became a patron of Patna Sahib Gurudwara.'''|center]]

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+Some Bhumihar in parts of Bihar during the late 20th century rejected Hinduism and embraced Sikhism. The conversions were concentrated primarily in villages of the Dulhinbazar, Paliganj and Bikram blocks of Patna, with a few reported cases in neighbouring Arwal district. Several Sikh Bhumihar figures, including ''Sardar Krishna Singh'', ''Sardar Lakshman Singh'' and ''Sardar Raghavendra'' became '''associated with anti-Naxalite politics and militias''' in central Bihar.
+The Sikh conversation phenomenon, although geographically and numerically limited, ''produced figures and events that were so remarkable that they've become an indispensable part of the Bhumihar social history.''
 == Bhumihar conversion to Sikhism ==
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 * Apathy among the other local Bihari castes towards the targeting of Bhumihars by Left-wing militants also filled Bhumihars with mistrust towards their non-Bhumihar neighbours, laying bare the caste based faultlines within Hindu society and ultimately '''leaving those Bhumihars unsatisfied and disillusioned with Hinduism'''.
-=== Attitude towards Hindu orthodoxy ===
+=== Attitude of new converts towards the Hindu orthodoxy ===
-These new converts:
 * Scoffed at their neighbouring Hindu Brahmins' smugness and their insistence on fighting the left wing Naxals with Vedic philosophy and Sanskrit mantras.
 * Were puzzled by the absolute irrationality of their neighbours, who were convincing them to fight armed to the teeth Naxals by employing Vedic philosophy and shouting Sanskrit in the face of raining bullets.
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 The police had found Ranvir Sena's name written on wall using blood, near the place of the incident.
-[[File:Toireport.jpg|center|thumb|484x484px|Times Of India report on Sardar Laxman Singh when he was taken into the police custody.]]
+[[File:0eb14b86-77e6-49ab-a669-aa37f5611e0b.jpg|center|thumb|527x527px|Times Of India report on Sardar Laxman Singh when he was taken into the police custody.]]
 == Sardar Krishna Singh ==
-<div align="center">[[File:Sardar_Krishna_Nandan_Singh.jpeg|border|Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh]]</div>
+[[File:Sardar_Krishna_Nandan_Singh.jpeg|130px|right|'''Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh''']]
+*'''Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh''' was a '''three-term (1980–95) Sikh Bhumihar MLA from Arwal, Bihar''', who had adopted Sikhism in his early years and founded the ''Brahmarshi Sena'' to fight the Naxalite menace in Bihar. Such was his popularity in the South Bihar region that he won the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections independently three consecutive times, without being affiliated with any political party, from the neighbouring district of Arwal.
-*Sardar Krishna, full name Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh, was a '''three term (1980-95) Sikh Bhumihar MLA from Arwal, Bihar''' who had adopted Sikhism in his early years, founded ''Brahmarshi Sena'' to fight the Naxalite menace in Bihar. Such was his popularity in the South Bihar region that he won Bihar Legislative Assembly elections independently 3 times in a row, without being affiliated to any political party, from the neighbouring district of Arwal.
-[[File:Krishna description.jpeg|thumb|center|600px|Krishna Singh]]
 *He belonged to '''the village of Akhtiyarpur in Paliganj Block, Patna district'''.
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 *He and his outfit were responsible for '''thwarting left wing Naxalite penetration into Patna''' district for years.
 *The Communist Party of India considered Sardar Krishna Singh, a Bhumihar Sikh, to be one of the three most notorious figures in the politics of undivided Bihar and Jharkhand during his presence in active politics.
-[[File:Brahmarshi Sena Before Ranvir.jpg|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Brahmarshi Sena was defending the Bhumihars and fighting the Naxalites long before Ranvir Sena was made.''']]
-[[File:Brahmarshi Sena by Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh.jpg|none|'''Sardar Krishna Singh, a native Bihari Babhan Sikh, founded the Brahmarshi Sena to combat Naxalites and other far Left Wing elements.''' |frame]]
-[[File:Krishna Singh was notorious.jpg|left|thumb|461x461px|'''The Communist Party of India considered Sardar Krishna Singh, a Bhumihar Sikh, to be one of the three most notorious figures in the politics of undivided Bihar and Jharkhand during the 1980s and early 1990s.''']][[File:Brahmarshi Sena Was Bhumihar's Sena.jpeg|center|thumb|689x689px]]
+{| style="margin:auto; border:none;"
+| style="width:50%; vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" |
+[[File:Brahmarshi Sena Before Ranvir.jpg|thumb|430px|'''Brahmarshi Sena was defending the Bhumihars and fighting the Naxalites long before Ranvir Sena was made.''']]
+| style="width:50%; vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" |
+[[File:Brahmarshi Sena by Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh.jpg|thumb|430px|'''Sardar Krishna Singh, a native Bihari Babhan Sikh, founded the Brahmarshi Sena to combat Naxalites and other far Left Wing elements.''']]
+|-
+| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" |
+[[File:Krishna Singh was notorious.jpg|thumb|430px|'''The Communist Party of India considered Sardar Krishna Singh, a Bhumihar Sikh MLA and the chief of ''Brahmarshi Sena'', to be one of the three most notorious figures in the politics of undivided Bihar and Jharkhand during the 1980s and early 1990s.''']]
+| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" |
+[[File:Brahmarshi Sena Was Bhumihar's Sena.jpeg|thumb|430px|'''Brahmarshi Sena was a Bhumihar militia that preceded the Ranvir Sena.''']]
+|-
+| style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;" |
+[[File:Krishna description.jpeg|thumb|430px|'''Sardar Krishna Singh''']]
+|}
 == Sardar Raghavendra Dhari Singh ==
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 '''He was also a patron of the Patna Sahib Gurudwara.'''
+[[File:HS.jpg|thumb|'''Local [https://share.google/A1GNM3SAzGzfaJaH0 News report] testifying how some Bhumihar villages in Patna converted to Sikhism and Sardar Raghavendra Dhari Singh became a patron of Patna Sahib Gurudwara.'''|center]]

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