The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (97 page)

 
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(Pañj
b
, ‘deathless’). Designation by Gur
Gobind
Si
gh of those devotees of Ak
l (i.e. God), the Timeless one, who were prepared to die for the Sikh cause. Their fearlessness won the title ‘
Niha
g
’, although the two terms have since gained widely differing connotations. The Ak
l
Dal (political party) first met in 1926 and, despite division, has continued to dominate the
Shiroma
Gurdw
r
Parbandhak Committee
and to campaign actively—e.g. for a Pañj
b