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Akali Nihang
Singh - 1800's
He is holding in his right
hand a Jamdar Tega(Kora), which name loosely means 'victory
of death' - as well as two bows, 2 swords, a matchlock gun,
breastplate, as well as a host of other smaller weapons.
Then an Akali, a wild-eyed,
wild-haired Sikh devotee in the blue-checked clothes of
his faith, with polished-steel quoits glistening on the
cone of his tall blue turban, stalked past, returning from
a visit to one of the independent Sikh States, where he
had been singing the ancient glories of the Khalsa to College-trained
princelings in top-boots and white-cord breeches. Kim was
careful not to irritate that man; for the Akali's temper
is short and his arm quick. Chapter 4 Kim - Rudyard Kipling
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