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Jathedar Sekhwan — Jathedar Ujagar Singh Sekhwan is the former president of Shiromani Akali Dal.He was born in 1924 atsekhwan village of Gurdaspur district, Punjab.He belonged to a punjab based Political party Shiromani Akali Dal.Mata tej Kaur was his spouse.Late… … Wikipedia
Tara Singh Malhotra — Master Tara Singh Malhotra (24 June 1885, Rawalpindi, Punjab 22 November 1967, Chandigarh) was a prominent Sikh political and religious leader in the first half of the 20th century. He was instrumental in organizing the Shiromani Gurdwara… … Wikipedia
Saka Nankana — forms a very important part of Sikh history. In political significance, it comes next only to Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 1919. The saka constitutes the core of the Gurdwara Reform Movement started by the Sikhs in early twentieth century.… … Wikipedia
Sehajdhari — In Sikhism, a sehajdari (also transliterated as sahajdari) is a person who disregards the religious prohibitions against haircuts and shaving, but otherwise observes the tenets of the Guru Granth Sahib: they are often gradualist converts.As a… … Wikipedia
Jind Kaur — Portrait of Jind Kaur by George Richmond. Maharani Jind Kaur, (1817 in Chachar, Gujranwala, Sikh Empire – 1 August 1863 in London, United Kingdom) also popularly known as Rani Jindan. She was the youngest wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the… … Wikipedia
Master Tara Singh — Malhotra (24 June, 1885, Rawalpindi, Punjab 22 November, 1967, Chandigarh) was a prominent Sikh political and religious leader in the first half of the 20th century. He was instrumental in organizing the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee,… … Wikipedia
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia — (1723–1803) was a prominent Sikh leader during the period of the Sikh Confederacy. He was the Commander of the Ramgarhia Sikh Cavalry misl (unit or group of Sikhs). This period was an interlude, lasting roughly from the time of the death of Banda … Wikipedia
Teja Singh Akarpuri — Teja Singh Akarpuri, Jathedar, was an Indian politician, an active figure in the Gurdwara Reform movement. He was born at Akarpura, a village 13 km northwest of Batala (31°49 N, 75 12 E), in the Gurdaspur district of the Punjab. His father was… … Wikipedia
Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee — The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee ( pa. ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ ਕਮੇਟੀ) (also called the parliament of the Sikhs) is an organisation in India responsible for the upkeep of gurdwaras, Sikh places of worship in three states of Punjab,… … Wikipedia
Gurbachan Singh — Baba Gurbachan Singh was the leader of the Sant Nirankari sect [http://www.nirankari.com/history/hist4.htm Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji ] , considered to be heterodox by the mainstream Sikh [http://www.geocities.com/pritpal bindra/s 022.html… … Wikipedia
