Editing Hawk (section)

==In culture==
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The term ''[[war hawk]]'', or simply ''hawk'', is used in politics to describe someone perceived as favoring war. The term reportedly originated in the United States during the 1810 debates in Congress over a possible war with Great Britain. [[John Randolph of Roanoke|Congressman John Randolph]] is said to have referred to [[Henry Clay]]'s pro-war faction as the "war-hawks".<ref>p 156, "Fighting Words, From War, Rebellions, and Other Combative Capers by Christine Ammer.:</ref>

Numerous sporting clubs, such as the [[Atlanta Hawks]], the [[Hawthorn Hawks]], and the [[Malmö Redhawks]], use the bird as an emblem. The sports teams of [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]] officially became known as the [[Miami RedHawks|RedHawks]] in 1997 after changing the name from Redskins. The sports teams of [[Saint Joseph's University]] in [[Philadelphia]] use the Hawk as emblem for sports teams as well for students and graduates. 

[[File:Aurangzeb-portrait.jpg|thumb|Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb holding a hawk in his darbar]]

Hawks are strongly associated with [[Guru Gobind Singh]] in the [[Sikhs|Sikh]] community. He is believed to have kept a white [[Northern goshawk|Northern Goshawk]]. As a result, the Northern Goshawk was made the official state bird of [[Punjab, India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-14|title=Lost in flight: State bird of Punjab missing from the state!|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/lost-in-flight-state-bird-of-punjab-missing-from-the-state/story-SRHFwdiPKInSobd1xHoulL.html|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=State Bird is BAAZ|url=http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2011/05/baaz-is-back-as-punjabs-state-bird|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213412/http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2011/05/baaz-is-back-as-punjabs-state-bird/|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sikhri.org/articles/baj-the-hawk-and-the-sikhs | title=Baj: The Hawk and the Sikhs &#124; Harinder Singh &#124; SikhRI Articles }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283674441 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199756551.001.0001 |via=[[ResearchGate]]|title=When Sparrows Became Hawks |year=2011 |last1=Dhavan |first1=Purnima |isbn=978-0-19-975655-1 }}</ref>

In Korea, from the early [[Joseon]] period, hawks and other birds of prey were associated with a branch of government known as the Imperial Censorate, suggesting the qualities of courage and a keen sense of justice. Artists such as [[Chŏng Hongnae]] specialised in portraying hawks for royalty, and his ''Hawk at Sunrise'' is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<ref>{{Citation |last=Attributed to Jeong Hong-Rae 정홍래 鄭弘來 (Korean, born 1720) |title=Hawk at Sunrise |date= |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/860960 |access-date=2025-04-18}}</ref>