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Letter K

Entries starting with the letter K are collected here, encompassing topics from the majestic kingdoms of history to the nuances of knowledge management. Discover insights into key events, learn about the characteristics of different cultures, and explore the importance of kinship in societies. This section brings together knowledge areas linked by the letter K.

K1SHAN CHAND, RAI

K1SHAN CHAND, RAI (d. 1873), news writer and vakil or agent of the Sikh court at Ludhiana, the British post...

KA’BAH

If you pray fraudulently in your mind, what is the need of going to Ka'bah for a hajj? (Prabhali Kabir,...

KABIR PANTHIS

KABIR PANTHIS, followers of Kabir (1398-1448), a saint and reformer some of whose compositions have been included in Sikh Scripture,...

KABITT-SAVAIYYE

KABITTSAVAIYYE, by Bhai Gurdaswho had worked with Guru Arjan on the preparation of the original volume of Sikh scripture, the...

KABLASA (KAILASA)

  Whose Praises are sung by Brahma (Birancha) alongwith the hymns of the Vedas and for whom Shiva (the ascetic)...

KABUL VALI MAI

KABUL VALI MAI. or the Lady from Kabul, is the name chroniclers have given to a woman who rendered devoted...

KACHHA (KURAMA)

  KACHHA (KURAMA)(Tortoise Incarnation) Machh (Matsya incarnation), Kachh, Kurama (names of Tortoise incarnation) took birth according to the \'will of...

KAFI (Arabic Qafi)

KAFI (Arabic Qafi), literally stands for the leader, the enlightener, one who fulfils the need. In poetics it denotes the...

KAHN CHAND

KAHN CHAND, son of Amir Chand, served under Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his successors in various capacities. His family originally...

KAHN SINGH

KAHN SINGH, son of Baba Binod Singh, a Trehan Khatri, was with Guru Gobind Singh at Nanded during his last...

KAHN SINGH

KAHN SINGH, a Kuka leader, was born in 1840 at the village of Hazro in Rawalpindi district, now in Pakistan....

KAHN SINGH 2

KAHN SINGH was, like his father Mirxa Singh, in the service of Jai Singh Kanhaiya before joining Ranjit Singh`s army....

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