Nishan

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Nishan may refer to:

People

• Nishan Velupillay (born 2001), Australian footballer
• Nishan Hindes, British model
• Navneet Nishan (born 1965), Indian actress
• Nishan (actor) (born 1985), Indian actor in Malayalam cinema
• Nishan Rana (born 1999), Popular Football Player (Nepali Messi)
• The central character of the Tale of the Nishan Shaman from Manchu folklore

Religion and sepulchral architecture

• Nisān or nishan (singular) are particular form of Muslim gravestone characteristic for Ottman sepulchral architecture and culture

• Nishān (Urdu: نشان; Hindi: निशान), meaning mark or stain; with this sense, it may refer to:
  • Nishaan, Ravidasi religious symbol
  • Nishan Sahib, Sikh religious symbol
  • Nishan, Hindu religious symbol such as that of Gogaji

• Surp Nshan, Armenian for "Holy Sign", may refer to churches holding an important relic, including:
  • Sourb Nshan of Sebastia
  • Church of the Holy Seal, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • Sourb Nshan, a shrine at Gargar, Armenia
  • Church of Sourb Nshan at Haghpat Monastery, Armenia
  • Surp Nshan Church at Kecharis Monastery, Armenia
  • St. Nishan Armenian Orthodox Church, Beirut
  • Kartal Surp Nişan Armenian Orthodox Church, Turkey

Awards and decorations

• The first order of:
  • Civil decorations of Pakistan
  • Awards and decorations of the Pakistan military

Media

• Nishan (1945 film)
• Nishan, the Hindi version of the 1949 Tamil-language film Apoorva Sagodharargal
• Nishan (1965 film), a Hindi movie
• Nishan (1978 film), a Bengali action drama film
• Nishaan (film), a 1983 Bollywood action film
• Nisaan (1986 film), a Pakistani Punjabi social film

Other uses

• S.V. Nishan 42, a football club from Suriname
• Mount Ni, a hill in Shandong, China, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Confucius
• BNS Nishan, a Durjoy-class large patrol craft of the Bangladesh Navy

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Nishan
• All pages with titles beginning with Nshan
• Nisan (disambiguation)

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