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	Encyclopedia: Nirankari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		No one - none from among the Nirankaris who profess love and human fellowship to be the fundamental value in their creed - had a thought to spare for the dead bodies that lay scattered outside.
		At the partition of India in 1947, the Nirankaris abandoned their centre in Rawalpindi and established themselves on the Indian side of the border in Chandigarh, from where their activities are administered to the present day.
		Nirankaris were typically traders and shopkeepers, and these occupations they were expected to continue while focusing their attention on remembrance of the divine Name.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nirankari (466 words)

	Nirankaris and Sant (Neo-) Nirankari
		This inspired almost all the Sehajdhari Nirankaris to be formally baptized as Khalsa.' The day Baba Gurdit Singh died in Rawalpindi in April 1947, the time when the city was torn with communal riots, Baba Hara Singh took over the movement, as was ordained by Baba Ratta, his grandfather.
		He established the Nirankari headquarters at Chandigarh, the foundation stone of which was laid by Maharaja of Patiala in 1960.
		I had the opportunity of attending a couple of Nirankari congregations in Massori in the summer of 1985 (with the courtesy of Madan Jee, the mother-in-law of Baba Hardev Singh); once the congregation was addressed by `Rajmata', mother of Baba Hardev Singh and the second time by Baba Hardev Singh himself.
	www.sikhnet.com /Sikhnet/discussion.nsf/3d8d6eacce83bad8872564280070c2b3/7efa8a8080d97198872565910003bf10!OpenDocument (2746 words)

	Being Nirankari
		I am a Nirankari follower, and would be happy to answer any questions that you me have.
		Because the Nirankari faith was born out of Sikhism there are many Nirankari followers who were followers of Sikhism.
		The Nirankari faith is a spiritual movement that brings together people of all backgrounds and religions including Sikh, Hindu, Christian, etc. Nirankaris have belief in and respect for all prophets of the past from Ram to Jesus to Guru Nanak.
	www.akaltakhat.org /sikhnet/youth.nsf/3d8d6eacce83bad8872564280070c2b3/4c0add084621526987256d7e001d6eb0!OpenDocument (336 words)

	Nirankari Mission helping out tsunami victims : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		SANT NIRANKARI Mission in coordination with the Andaman administration is trying to provide all possible relief to the tsunami-hit.
		In addition to this, a separate shed is being constructed for the tsunami-affected families in the Nirankari Bhavan premises where 100 persons could stay for a longer duration.
		Member in-charge (medical and social welfare) Nirankari Mission said here today that the mission has embarked upon a drive to collect funds for the tsunami victims, which would soon be deposited in the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Jan/13/5922_1195801,0015002100010000.htm (214 words)

	Nirankari Movement
		Further, the Nirankaris were hurling grave and malicious insults against the GurSikhism religion, beliefs, and sentiments.
		Oblivious to the GurSikhs, the Nirankaris had other plans, including a para-military platoon armed with lethal weapons, guns, revolvers, acid-filled bottles and mechanical propellants for shooting poison-tipped arrows, all well positioned behind a row of trucks.
		Nirankari chief, was heard over the sound system, saying "these sikhs think they can stop us from freely carrying out our program.
	www.sikhpoint.com /religion/sikhhistory/MainEvents/nirankarimovement.htm (699 words)

	lagoSmart - Sant Nirankari Mission Lagos, Nigeria - Exclusive Coverage
		Thus, the Sant Nirankari Mission does not consider science as an impediment in the path of human perfection; on the other hand, the Mission is of the views that Spiritual enlightenment is essential for scientific and material progress.
		The Sant Nirankari Mission believes that every individual constitute society; and once this each unit - the individual, reforms himself or herself and then his or her family, then society as a whole will be reformed.
		The Sant Nirankari Mission is always in the forefront regarding relief measures at the time of natural calamities such as earthquake, floods, cyclone etc. in any part of the country.
	lagosmart.net /nirankari (934 words)

	The Hindu : New Delhi News : Nirankari Museum inaugurated
		The head of the Sant Nirankari Mission, Baba Hardev Singhji Maharaj, today called upon the Capital's citizens to promote universal brotherhood and not discriminate on the basis of religion.
		Inaugurating a new Nirankari Museum here, Baba Hardev Singhji said the museum, based on the theme "Journey Divine", seeks to show the right path of truth to people who are increasingly getting confused because of diverse faiths.
		Using state-of-the-art technology to carry forward the ideals of the Sant Nirankari Mission to the common man, the museum seeks to attract people from across the world to seek the ultimate truth.
	www.hindu.com /2005/02/23/stories/2005022316760300.htm (285 words)

	SNM History - Baba Avtar Singh Ji
		With this the Satguru stood manifested in Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji.
		The next Annual Nirankari Sant Samagam which opened on November 5th, 1963 was, of course, the first occasion when the devotees from all over the country saw Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji as the Spiritual Head of the Mission.
		While the nation celebrates the Independence Day and express its gratitude to those who laid down their lives for freedom, the Nirankaris add another dimension, stressing the need for spiritual libration of man, the libration of Soul, and remembering those who dedicated their lives for this noble cause.
	nirankari.com /history/hist3.htm (2146 words)

	BBC - Birmingham Faith - Sant Nirankari Mission in Smethwick
		The Sant Nirankari Mission was established in 1929 within an undivided India.
		Under the guidance of His Holiness Baba Hardev Ji the mission is an all embracing spiritual movement, seeking to unite mankind through the realisation of one God.
		For all devotees, the Nirankari Mission has formulated five principles that must be practiced and adopted in their every day life.
	www.bbc.co.uk /birmingham/faith/sant_nirankari/sant_nirankari_mission.shtml (1091 words)

	The Nirankaari Movement
		On investigation, however, it was found that the whole movement was the result of the efforts of an individual to establish a new panth (religious sect) of which he should be the instructor....
		They professedly reject idolatry, and all reverence and respect for whatever is held sacred by Sikhs or Hindus, except Nanak and his Granth...They are called Nirankaris, from their belief in God, as a spirit without bodily form.
		his Nirankari movement in late 20th century was hijacked by Arya Samajis and other neo Hindu fanatics who wanted Sikhs to drop all their symbols and assimiliate into their religion.
	www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/events/nirankari.html (901 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Sant Nirankari Mission is an all-embracing spiritual movement dedicated to human welfare.
		It endorses and accomplishes the established age-old truth that Realisation of the Fatherhood of God through a living Satguru is the goal of human life, and its spontaneous by-product is the cherished achievement of Universal Brotherhood which is inherently essential for the peace and progress of humankind.
		The Sant Nirankari Mission provides a firm and positive hope in as much as it aims at creating the understanding of spirituality through a living revelation of God thus paving the way to universal peace, unity and fraternity.
	www.interfaith-center.org /Oxford_Directory/Oxford_directory_files/Nirankari/Nirankari.htm (365 words)

	Nirankari baba professes path of truth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		PATIALA, Sept 16: Nirankari sect chief Baba Hardev Singh today called upon the masses to work for the progress of humanity and come out of the vortex of desires.
		Addressing a big nirankari congregation at Shaheed Udham Singh Stadium at Sunam in Sangrur district, Baba Hardev Singh said that those who had fallen in the vortex of desires were drifting away from humanity.
		The nirankari chief said the biggest enemy of mankind was ego and arrogance, one who could overcome his ego could lead others to the path of truth.
	www.indianexpress.com /ie/daily/19990917/ige17143.html (344 words)

	The Fanatic Nirankari Sect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The astonishing thing is that the gathering of the Nirankaris continued for 3 and a half hours after this bloody massacre.
		It is clear that the authorities of the Amritsar district allowed the Nakali Nirankaris to do the procession in the Sikhs main city Amritsar on Vaisakhi.
		By giving the order to kill the Singhs, the leader of the Nirankaris Gurbachan Singh was the main guilty party of the bloody massacre and should have been punished severely for this according to the law.
	www.sikhlionz.com /nirankari.htm (1719 words)

	SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Sikhism: Challenge and Response
		On investigation, however, it was found that the whole movement was the results of the efforts of an individual to establish a new panth (religious sect) of which he should be the instructor and guide...
		They professedly reject idolatory, and all reverence and respect for whatever is held sacred by Sikhs or Hindus, except Nanak and his Granth....They are called Nirankaris, from their belief in God, as a spirit without bodily form.
		This comment of the Lodiana missionaries barely four years after the lapse of Sikh sovereignity falsifies the hastily advanced view that the new sense of self-consciousness among the Sikhs was the creation of the British policy.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /042003/challenges.htm (6683 words)

	News Headings
		FATEHGARH SAHIB, May 16 — The Nirankari issue is set to come back to centre stage with the SAD today appealing to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Puran Singh to reinquire into the "violation" of the takht's "hukamnama" by former SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra by visiting Nirankari Bhavan in Patiala.
		A resolution to this effect was passed at a conference held at Todar Mal Hall in Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib to start the party's election campaign for the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
		It said because of this there was need to inquire into the violation afresh as the Sikhs were not satisfied with the earlier decision on the matter.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99may17/head4.htm (646 words)

	Row over Tohra's Nirankari visit gets tangled
		On the other hand, Ram Lal Kad, a senior Nirankari leader, confirmed to the ENS today that the SGPC Chief had indeed visited a congregation of Nirankaris on February 15 held at Nirankari Bhawan.
		While Bansal (who is alleged to have escorted Tohra to the meeting) made himself unavailable, Thind (Pramukh, Nirankari Mandal, Patiala) refused to be drawn into a controversy.
		But he said he did not remember Tohra havingvisited the Nirankari Bhawan in the last few years and that the picture appeared made-up.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980526/14650374.html (343 words)

	"The Fanatic Nirankari Cult" - www.ezboard.com
		With the Fanatic "Nirankari" Sect, Indira Gandhi hoped to destroy Sikh unity by attempting to destroy the fabric of the Sikh religion.
		These "Nirankaris" were first thought of as a menace but ignored, then in Vaisakhi 1978, they held a procession shouting filthy slogans against the Satguru and shouting insults at the Sikh religion.
		The GurSikhs told the Police to try and stop the Nirankaris, they went over and spoke to the Nirankaris, leaving the GurSikhs to wait for 30 minutes, and then they came back with 6000 Nirankaris and many Police.
	p203.ezboard.com /fjattincboard30296frm10.showMessage?topicID=161.topic (506 words)

	Cong appeal to Akal Takht to resolve Sikh-Nirankari dispute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		CHANDIGARH, April 14: The issue of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra allegedly seeking the votes of the Nirankaris in the Lok Sabha elections took a new turn today with senior Congress leader Amrinder Singh appealing to the Akal Takht Jathedar to resolve the Sikh-Nirankari dispute amicably.
		He had left the Congress in 1984 in protest against Operation Bluestar to join the Akalis and opposed the entry of police in the Golden Temple complex during the Akali government headed by Surjit Singh Barnala.
		Talking to the media persons, Amrinder Singh said in case Tohra was sincere in approaching the Nirankaris "We welcome it" arguing "I am for resolving the problem and not perpetuating it".
	www.financialexpress.com /ie/daily/19980415/10550384.html (564 words)

	Nirankari -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Nirankari movement was founded by Dayal Das (died 1855), who belonged to a half-Sikh, half-Hindu community in Peshawar.
		The chief contribution of the Nirankari movement is its standardization of rituals connected with birth, marriage, and death based on the Sikh scriptures.
		He believed that God is formless, or nirana (hence the name Nirankari).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9055908 (208 words)

	Nirankari - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Sant Nirankari Mission is neither a new religion nor a sect of an existing religion, but an all-embracing spiritual movement dedicated to human welfare.
		It endorses and accomplishes the established age-old truth that Realisation of Fatherhood of God through the living Satguru is the goal of human life and its spontaneous by-product is the cherished achievement of Universal Brotherhood which is inherently essential for peace and progress of the mankind
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Nirankari contains research on
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Nirankari (108 words)

	Sant Nirankari Mission
		The Sant Nirankari Mission (Universal Brotherhood) is a spiritual movement, and a genuine effort to unite mankind for the good of humanity.
		Having high regard for all religious and spiritual movements the Mission is founded on the belief that:
		Nirankari Satsang Bhavan at Chicago, the Mission's Headquarters in USA
	chicago.nirankari.com (86 words)

	BBC - Birmingham Faith - The Birmingham Sant Nirankari Mission
		The sole aim of the Mission is to impart the knowledge of Nirankar (a formless God).
		Devotee Gurpreet Bhatia writes about the 56th annual unity convention - Sant Samagam, held at the Sant Nirankari Mission in New Delhi, India.
		Devotees of all ages from the Birmingham Sant Nirankari Misson share their thoughts and experiences through inspirational poetry and short stories...
	www.bbc.co.uk /birmingham/faith/sant_nirankari/index.shtml (251 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab
		Mr Kanwar Pal Singh, spokesman of the Dal Khalsa, talking to The Tribune said that Mr Garg could not be taken to task for attending the Nirankari function as he was a non-Sikh.
		Even the activists of the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal (SHSAD) sought resignation of Mr Garg for attending the function organised by Nirankaris and announcing a grant of Rs 25,000 from his discretionary funds.
		Information collected by The Tribune reveals that some of the political opponents of Mr Garg has started trying to cash in on the situation and was putting pressure on the SAD leadership to take action against him for bringing a bad name to the party.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20021006/punjab1.htm (9974 words)

	Nirankari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		: Who are these so called Pseudo Nirankaris and what is their background, is required to be explored.
		He used to recite when in trance, "Dhan Nirankar", means God is Great and thus was called Nirankari by the devotees.
		In the court od of baba Darbara Singh, third on the throne of Bab dayal, there used to be a priest called Buta Singh.
	www.inscoms.com /Nirankari.htm (282 words)

	Nirankaris come out to donate blood
		Over 1,500 people donated blood at a camp organised by Sant Nirankari Mandal at their main Satsang Bhawan in the memory of Satguru Baba Gurbachan Singh Maharaj today.
		The local parmukh added, ‘‘Blood donation is a mass movement with followers of the mission since it started in 1986 on April 24, known as Manav Ekta Diwas.
		The day is observed in the memory of Satguru Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji Maharaj and other Nirankari devotees who sacrificed their lives for the mission.’’
	cities.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=126262 (276 words)

	Arch Ophthalmol -- Abstract: Superoxide radical scavenging agents in treatment of alkali burns. An experimental study, ...
		An experimental study, May 1981, Nirankari et al.
		Nirankari, S. Varma, V. Lakhanpal and R. Richards
		To test the hypothesis that superoxide radicals are involved in tissue
	archopht.ama-assn.org /cgi/content/abstract/99/5/886 (120 words)

	An improved method for the delivery of artificial tears using an infusion pump -- Karesh and Nirankari 27 (8): 1284 -- ...
		An improved method for the delivery of artificial tears using an infusion pump -- Karesh and Nirankari 27 (8): 1284 -- Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
		Articles by Karesh, J. Articles by Nirankari, V. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Vol 27, 1284-1288, Copyright © 1986 by Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
		An improved method for the delivery of artificial tears using an infusion pump
	www.iovs.org /cgi/content/abstract/27/8/1284 (218 words)

	Nirankari Mission president pardons his father's killer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		NEW DELHI, Nov 2: In a surprising development today, Baba Hardeo Singh, president of Sant Nirankari Mission here, pardoned the killer of his father ``in the name of communal harmony and brotherhood.''
		However, members of the Niarnakari community were not surprised by the statement.
		Says a senior Nirankari member, ``There has been a lot of pressure from all sections to endorse the pardon.
	www.financialexpress.com /ie/daily/19971103/30750773.html (345 words)

	The Sikh Times - Biographies - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: Five Myths
		Following the clash with the Nirankaris on April 13, 1978, the 'Sant' and his cohorts were always armed.
		After the assassination of the Nirankari leader Gurbachan Singh on April 24, 1980, Bhindranwale is universally acknowledged to have remarked that if he ever met Ranjit Singh, the suspected killer, he would weigh him in gold (i.e.
		According to Chand Joshi, a veteran correspondent for The Hindustan Times, 'In the Nirankari Baba murder case, for instance, the C.B.I. claimed to have pin-pointed four suspects including Jarnail Singh Brar alias Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
	www.sikhtimes.com /bios_060604a.html (3582 words)

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