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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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[[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 born in '''the Kaab village of Patna, '''Bihar, Sardar Laxman belonged to the Atharva mool/clan of Bhumihars and his Gotra was Kaundinya or Kaundilya. He was a native of Bikram, Patna. At some point he was the right hand man of Shaheed Brahmeshwar Singh, the founder and the chief of Bihar's largest anti Naxal Militia, the Ranvir Sena.

At some point he was the right hand man of Shaheed Brahmeshwar Singh, the founder and the chief of Bihar's largest anti Naxal Militia, the Ranvir Sena.

Sardar Laxman was the second in command of the Ranvir Sena and was locally famous for saving the lives of many Bhumihars badly affected by the left wing terrorism in the Naxal hit zones of Patna district.

'''Sardar Laxman was the second in command of the Ranvir Sena''' and was locally famous for saving the lives of many Bhumihars badly affected by the left wing terrorism in the Naxal hit zones of Patna district.

In 2014, he was finally apprehended by Bihar Police in a case of Ranvir Sena killing 10 alleged Naxals by shooting them from point blank range.

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 ==

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

[[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'''.

*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.

[[File:Krishna description.jpeg|center|thumb|533x533px|''"When this tall Sikh drives along the Patna roads with his gunmen, people fear for their lives. A convert to SIkhism, the independent MLA was the first commander of the Bhumihar's sena."'' '''Sardar Krishna Singh's description according to an India Today report.''']]

*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.

{| ~~class~~="~~wikitable~~"

|+

{| style="margin:auto; border:none;"

~~![[File~~:~~Brahmarshi_Sena_Before_Ranvir.jpg|~~center|~~thumb|521x521px|'''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:~~Krishna_Singh_was_notorious~~.jpg~~|center~~|thumb|~~307x307px~~|'''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.''']]

[[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.''']]

|-

| ~~colspan~~="2" |[[File:~~Brahmarshi_Sena_Was_Bhumihar~~'~~s_Sena~~.~~jpeg~~|~~center~~]]

| 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.''']]

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

|}

*

~~[[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|thumb|461x461px|'''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.'''|center]][[File:Brahmarshi Sena Was Bhumihar's Sena.jpeg|thumb|689x689px|center]]

== Sardar Raghavendra Dhari Singh ==

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

[[File:HS.jpg~~|left~~|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.''']]

[[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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 [[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 born in '''the Kaab village of Patna, '''Bihar, Sardar Laxman belonged to the Atharva mool/clan of Bhumihars and his Gotra was Kaundinya or Kaundilya. He was a native of Bikram, Patna. At some point he was the right hand man of Shaheed Brahmeshwar Singh, the founder and the chief of Bihar's largest anti Naxal Militia, the Ranvir Sena.
-At some point he was the right hand man of Shaheed Brahmeshwar Singh, the founder and the chief of Bihar's largest anti Naxal Militia, the Ranvir Sena.
-Sardar Laxman was the second in command of the Ranvir Sena and was locally famous for saving the lives of many Bhumihars badly affected by the left wing terrorism in the Naxal hit zones of Patna district.
+'''Sardar Laxman was the second in command of the Ranvir Sena''' and was locally famous for saving the lives of many Bhumihars badly affected by the left wing terrorism in the Naxal hit zones of Patna district.
 In 2014, he was finally apprehended by Bihar Police in a case of Ranvir Sena killing 10 alleged Naxals by shooting them from point blank range.
 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 ==
-[[File:Sardar_Krishna_Nandan_Singh.jpeg|right|Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh]]
+[[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'''.
 *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.
+[[File:Krishna description.jpeg|center|thumb|533x533px|''"When this tall Sikh drives along the Patna roads with his gunmen, people fear for their lives. A convert to SIkhism, the independent MLA was the first commander of the Bhumihar's sena."'' '''Sardar Krishna Singh's description according to an India Today report.''']]
 *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.
-{| class="wikitable"
-|+
+{| style="margin:auto; border:none;"
-![[File:Brahmarshi_Sena_Before_Ranvir.jpg|center|thumb|521x521px|'''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:Krishna_Singh_was_notorious.jpg|center|thumb|307x307px|'''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.''']]
+[[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.''']]
-|-
-| colspan="2" |[[File:Brahmarshi_Sena_Was_Bhumihar's_Sena.jpeg|center]]
+| 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.''']]
+[[File:Brahmarshi Sena Before Ranvir.jpg|thumb|430px|'''The ''Brahmarshi Sena'' was defending Bhumihars and fighting Naxalites long before the ''Ranvir Sena'' was formed.''']]
 |}
-*
-[[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|thumb|461x461px|'''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.'''|center]][[File:Brahmarshi Sena Was Bhumihar's Sena.jpeg|thumb|689x689px|center]]
 == Sardar Raghavendra Dhari Singh ==
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 '''He was also a patron of the Patna Sahib Gurudwara.'''
-[[File:HS.jpg|left|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.''']]
+[[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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