Akali Kaur Singh Nihang (1886-1953) was a religious preacher and Sikh scholar. He was son of Mahari Singh and Malkaram Kaur of Village Paddhar, Chakar, in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. He belonged to Brahmin Sikh community, among descendents of one of those(Triloknath) who came to Guru Tegh Bahadur to prevent them from prosecution from Mughals. 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.