The Khalsa was a militant fraternity started in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh, the last of Sikhism's 10 gurus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sikhs Beyond Separatism] Reference

Once Runjeet's iron hand was gone, the Khalsa was the real power in the Punjab, whose rulers could only hope to conciliate it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]

Lal Singh did send this note to Peter Nicolson, word for word except that where Flashman gives "Khalsa" Lal wrote "Sikh army".    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]

"The Khalsa will march on the ocean then, to reach London?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

How long could Jawaheer and Jeendan keep the Khalsa in hand?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

But if the Khalsa reunited … well, that would be another story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

That was the thing about the Khalsa: it was Aldershot in turbans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

The Khalsa were told that their last name would be Singh ( "lion").    From Wordnik.com.  [Sikhs Beyond Separatism] Reference

For one thing now seemed plain: the Khalsa couldn't whip John Company.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

I asked, why the British Army and not the Khalsa, and he shook his head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

To destroy the Khalsa, of course — to see it exterminated, root and branch!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

"Now's your time, Tej!" cries the Khalsa, "give the word and the day is ours!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

"Tomorrow," says she, with drunken deliberation, "you'll go out to Khalsa —".    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

And now that the Khalsa had shown its teeth … would it march over the Sutlej?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

The thought of facing the Khalsa quite unmans him, even now when all is settled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

If that's so, and he wasn't even there, who gave the Khalsa the order to turn about?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

She's been working to avoid it — hocussing the Khalsa, delaying 'em, holding 'em back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

That was the great thing with him — to stand well with Simla, whatever happened to the Khalsa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

Didn't come himself, though — bad policy for him to be seen crossing the Khalsa, don't you know?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

But if the Khalsa were to give us a wee setback — where would Goolab and his hillmen be then, eh?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

So of course they want the Khalsa crushed — and the only force on earth that can do that is John Company!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

I remembered her screaming hate at the Khalsa over Jawaheer's body — but Gardner still wasn't making sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

Anyway, our detractors never mention armies like the Khalsa, every bit as well-armed and equipped as we were.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

Good news for everyone except the dispersed Khalsa, moping in their outlying stations and spoiling for a fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

Close by, their hands on their hilts and their eyes on the Khalsa, a group of Gardner's black robes stood guard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

Fortunately, he'd skulked farther, spied the Khalsa bigwigs downstairs, and realised that there was villainy afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

So we were back where we began, in the freezing night, with the Khalsa sharp-shooters hammering our bivouacs and wells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

"This whole idea of searching for happiness is very Western," Khalsa said as her students sat cross-legged on the floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond Hatha Yoga At Omega Institute's 'Being Yoga' Retreat] Reference

Up there, "he pointed north," is the Khalsa — one hundred thousand of the finest native army in Asia, with heavy guns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

The formal occasion for last week's celebrations was the founding of the Khalsa, a Punjabi word that translates as "pure.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sikhs Beyond Separatism] Reference

To the Khalsa, it was just another demonstration of their own might, another death sentence on a leader who displeased them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

One thing was constant about the Khalsa: it hated the British, and was forever demanding to be led against us south of the Sutlej.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

Watching her drain her cup and have it refilled, I wondered if she'd be sober enough; if she wasn't, the Khalsa would miss a rare treat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]

Calling his five disciples "panj piyarey" ( "the five beloved ones") it was Guru Gobind who named the Sikh fighting fraternity the Khalsa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sikhs Beyond Separatism] Reference

If there is no duality there can be no "me and you," no "us and them," no room for an "other" and therefore no prejudice, explained Khalsa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond Hatha Yoga At Omega Institute's 'Being Yoga' Retreat] Reference