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== Sardar Krishna Singh == | == Sardar Krishna Singh == | ||
[[File:Sardar_Krishna_Nandan_Singh.jpeg|right|Sardar Krishna Nandan Singh]] | |||
*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. | *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. | ||
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[[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: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]] | [[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 == | == Sardar Raghavendra Dhari Singh == | ||
'''The first among Bhumihars to adopt Sikhism was Raghavendra Dhari Singh from the Ain Khan village of Dulhinbazar Block of the Patna'''. He was the son of Jang Dhari Singh, and uncle of Amdrendra Dhari Singh, a Member Of Parliament for more than 6 years. | '''The first among Bhumihars to adopt Sikhism was Raghavendra Dhari Singh from the Ain Khan village of Dulhinbazar Block of the Patna'''. He was the son of Jang Dhari Singh, and uncle of Amdrendra Dhari Singh, a Member Of Parliament for more than 6 years. | ||