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== Sardar Krishna Singh == | == Sardar Krishna Singh == | ||
[[File:Sardar_Krishna_Nandan_Singh.jpeg|right|Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh]] | [[File:Sardar_Krishna_Nandan_Singh.jpeg|180px|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. | |||
*He belonged to '''the village of Akhtiyarpur in Paliganj Block, Patna district'''. | *He belonged to '''the village of Akhtiyarpur in Paliganj Block, Patna district'''. | ||
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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.''']] | [[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.''']] | [[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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