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| honorific_prefix = Akali<br />
| name = Kaur Singh<br />
| honorific_suffix = Nihang<br />
| image = Portrait photograph of Akali Kaur Singh in his later years.jpg<br />
| caption = Portrait photograph of Akali Kaur Singh in his later years<br />
| birth_name = Puran Singh<br />
| birth_date = 28 February 1886<br />
| birth_place = Chakkar village, Muzzafarabad district, Kashmir<br />
| death_date = 23 January 1953<br />
| known_for = Sikh literati and theologian<br />
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'''Akali Kaur Singh''' (28 February 1886 – 23 January 1953) was a religious preacher and Sikh scholar.<ref>''Jiwan Britant Akali Kour Singh Nihang: ''</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Dilgeer |first=Harjinder Singh |title=The Sikh Reference Book |publisher=Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark |year=1997 |isbn=9780969596424 |pages=481}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Photograph of Akali Kaur Singh in his youth.jpg|thumb|Photograph of Kaur Singh in his youth]]<br />
He was born on 28 February 1886 as Puran Singh, son of Mahan Singh and Malkaram Kaur of Village Paddhar, Chakar, in [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>''Jeevan Britant – Akali Kaur Singh'': An Abstract by Gurcharan Singh.: [http://sikhinstitute.org/apr_2007/15-gurcsi.html sikhinstitute.org]</ref><ref name=":0" /> Kaur Singh studied Sikh scriptural texts, Sanskrit, Braj and Ayurveda under Bava Mahari Singh. In 1904, he became student of Giani Bagh Singh, a well known scholar of Peshawar. He used to take part in Arya Samaj Debates. He turn Nihang and renamed as Kaur singh at Hazoor Sahib, Nanded.<ref>[http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/sikh-mystics-and-traditional-scholars/kaur-singh-nihang-akali Kaur Singh Nihang Akali] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504074920/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/sikh-mystics-and-traditional-scholars/kaur-singh-nihang-akali |date=2014-05-04 }}: Retrieved sikhencyclopedia.com</ref><br />
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He preached the message of guru during his travels throughout [[India]] and [[Afghanistan]].<br />
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=== Work ===<br />
He worked on alphabetical index of [[Guru Granth Sahib]] in 1907, and completed it in 1920. In March 1923, it was published under title Guru Shabad Ratan Prakash/Tuk Tatkara<ref name=":1">Retrieved from Page 183, Bibliography, The Making of Sikh Scripture, Oxford University Press, Apr 3, 2001</ref> and also worked on an index of [[Bhai Gurdas]]'s work in 1929. He preached message of Gurus in Chakar and opened chain of schools, set up library and published bullietn called Ashram Samachar. His works include Sri Gur Sobha (1925),<ref>Retrieved Notes, Page 40 from Sikh Religion, Culture and Ethnicity: Arvind-Pal S. Mandair, Christopher Shackle, Routledge, Dec 16, 2013</ref> Kavi Senapati, Gutka Pramanik Nitnem, Buddhibaridh Hitopadesh Ratnakar([[Panchtantra]] in Gurmukhi), Sukh Sagararihat Gharaa Vaid([[Ayurveda]]), Istri Sankat mochan (Women upliftment).<ref>Retrieved from Page 481, The Sikh Reference Book, Harajindara Siṅgha Dilagīra, Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark, 1997</ref><br />
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=== Death ===<br />
In 1952, he suffered from a heart attack and died on 23 January 1953.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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* ''Guru Shabad Ratan Prakash/Tuk Tatkara'' (1923) - an alphabetical index of the entire text of the [[Guru Granth Sahib]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
* ''Loh Prakāsh'' (1925) - an exegesis of the Sarbloh Granth by Hazura Singh of Takht Hazur Sahib, foreword written by Kaur Singh.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Hazura |url=https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/religion.occult.new_age/sikh/Loh%20Prakash%20-%20Kamalroop%20Singh.pdf |title=Loh Prakāsh |last2=Singh |first2=Partap |last3=Singh |first3=Sundar |date=2012 |orig-year=1925 |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Kaur |location=Amritsar |translator-last=Singh |translator-first=Kamalroop |chapter=Foreword}}</ref><br />
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