• Dal Khalsa was the name of the combined military forces of 11 Sikh misls that operated in the 18th century (1748–1799) in the Punjab region. It was established...
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    The Sikh Khalsa Army (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ ਫੌਜ, romanized: Sikha khālasā phauja), also known as Khalsaji or simply Sikh Army, was the military force of...
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    first Khalsa Rule in 1710 but was captured in 1715 and executed in 1716. After this, the Sikhs later reorganized themselves into Misls creating the Dal Khalsa...
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    The Khalsa Fauj (lit. 'Army of the Pure') were the military forces of the Khalsa order of the Sikhs, established by the tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh...
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    The term Khalsa refers to both a community that follows Sikhism as its religion, as well as a special group of initiated Sikhs. The Khalsa tradition was...
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  • Sikh Army may refer to: Akal Sena, before 1699 Khalsa Fauj, 1699–1735 Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army), 1735–1799 Sikh Khalsa Army 1799–1849 This disambiguation...
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    the meetings of the Dal Khalsa and the legislature of the Sikh Confederacy. Meetings of the Sarbat Khalsa began with an Ardās, a Sikh prayer for guidance...
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  • Dal Khalsa may refer to: Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army), the Sikh army that operated in 17th and 18th-century Punjab Dal Khalsa (International), a Sikh political...
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  • century Sikh warrior and the chief of Bhangi Misl. During the formation of the Dal Khalsa (Sikh army) he was acknowledged as leader of Tarna Dal, and he...
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  • waned, the Dal Khalsa, the Sikh army, fought against Mughal remnants, Rajput leaders, Afghans, and Punjabi Muslims. This period saw the army grow and split...
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    a separate homeland for Sikhs by establishing an ethno‐religious sovereign state called Khalistan (lit. 'land of the Khalsa') in the Punjab region of...
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    With the Mughals significantly weakened, the Sikh army, known as the Dal Khalsa, a rearrangement of the Khalsa inaugurated by Guru Gobind Singh, led expeditions...
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  • Chandigarh Sikh Manji — Sikh administrative unit United Sikhs World Sikh Organization Misl Piri System Sant Sipahi Sikh Empire Sikh Khalsa Army Sikh Light...
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    Nihang (redirect from Akali Nihang Khalsa)
    lit. "Crocodiles") or Akali (lit. "Immortals"), also known as Dal Khalsa, is an armed Sikh warrior order originating in the Indian subcontinent. Nihangs...
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    giving Kangra Fort to the Sikh Empire. In August 1809, the Sikh Khalsa Army attacked the Nepalis in Kangra. The Gurkha army collapsed and the Kangra Fort...
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  • Khalsa may refer to: Khalsa, a Sikh order Khalsa Fauj, the military forces of the above Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army), (1748–1799) Sikh Khalsa Army, the military...
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    Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (category Sikh Jathedars)
    – 23 October 1783) was a Sikh leader during the period of the Sikh Confederacy, being the supreme leader of the Dal Khalsa. He was also Misldar of the...
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    the Dal Khalsa army was established in 1733–1735 based upon the numerous pre-existing Jatha militia groups and had two main formations: the Taruna Dal (Youth...
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    stemmed from the days of the Dal Khalsa, and continued after the Emirate of Kabul succeeded the Durrani Empire. The Sikh Confederacy had effectively achieved...
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    Baba Deep Singh (category Sikh warriors killed in action)
    Shaheedan Tarna Dal – an order of the Khalsa military established by Nawab Kapur Singh, the then head of Sharomani Panth Akali Buddha Dal. The Damdami Taksal...
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    the majority of the global Sikh population. Sikh organizations, including the Chief Khalsa Dewan and Shiromani Akali Dal led by Master Tara Singh, strongly...
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    other Sikh political organizations, rival to the Akali Dal, namely the Central Khalsa Young Men Union and the moderate and loyalist Chief Khalsa Dewan...
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    The major historic traditions in Sikhism, says Professor Harjot Oberoi, have included Udasi, Nirmala, Nanakpanthi, Khalsa, Sahajdhari, Namdhari Kuka, Nirankari...
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  • July 1982, Harchand Singh Longowal, the president of the Sikh political party Shiromani Akali Dal, invited Bhindranwale, who was wanted by authorities, to...
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    zenith of political Sikhism, encompassing Kashmir, Ladakh and Peshawar. Hari Singh Nalwa, the commander-in-chief of the Sikh Khalsa Army in the North-West...
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    Nawab Kapur Singh (category Sikh generals)
    the Sikh Confederacy and its military force, the Dal Khalsa. He is held in high regards by Sikhs. Nawab Kapur Singh was born into the Virk clan of Jat...
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  • ISBN 978-0-313-32384-3. SIKHS: All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSE); Babbar Khalsa International (BKI); Khalistan Liberation Army; Khalsa Dal; Sikh Youth Federation;...
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  • Panj Takht (redirect from Sikh Takht)
    Later on, the Sikh Nation (Sarbat Khalsa) took decisions here on matters of peace and war and settled disputes between the various Sikh groups. In December...
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  • article presents a list of pre-colonial Sikh generals throughout history from the Akal Sena to the Sikh Khalsa Army. This is a list of generals from the...
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    general prosperity. His Khalsa army and government included Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Europeans. His legacy includes a period of Sikh cultural and artistic...
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