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has glosseng: Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha(ਭਾਈ ਕਾਨ੍ਹ ਸਿਂਘ ਨਾਭਾ )(August 30, 1861- November 24, 1938) was a Sikh scholar and encyclopedist, born in a Dhillon Jatt family at the village of Sabaz Banera, in what then used to be the territory of the princely ruler of patiala. His father was Narain Singh and mother Har Kaur. Narain Singh was a man of saintly character and he succeeded to the charge of Gurdwara Dera Baba Ajaypal Singh at Nabha, after the death of his grandfather Sarup Singh in 1861. Kahn Singh was the eldest of three brothers(the other two being Bhai Meehan singh and Bhai Bishan singh) and one sister(Bibi Kahn kaur). He did not attend any school or college for formal education, yet he mastered several branches of learning by his own effort. He even had the knowledge of using the most complicated weapons.In 1885 at Nabha, Mr.Macauliffe, the famous historian met him and took his help in studying Gurbani and sikh-history for his book "The Sikh Relegion".
lexicalizationeng: Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha
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