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The Akali Dal considers itself the principal representative of Sikhs. Sardar Sarmukh Singh Chubbal was the first president of a unified proper Akali Dal, but it became popular under Master Tara Singh. [25] Akali movement influenced 30 new Punjabi newspapers launched between 1920 and 1925. [26]
The Akali movement / ə ˈ k ɑː l i /, also called the Gurdwara Reform Movement, was a campaign to bring reform in the gurdwaras (the Sikh places of worship) in India during the early 1920s. The movement led to the introduction of the Sikh Gurdwara Bill in 1925, which placed all the historical Sikh shrines in India under the control of ...
Sunder Singh Lyallpuri (1878 – 3 March 1969) was a leading Sikh member of the Indian independence movement, a general of the Akali Movement, an educationist, and a journalist. Lyallpuri played a key role in the development of the Shiromani Akali Dal and in the Gurdwara Reform Movement of the early 1920s.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (1920) [3] is a political party in India led by former Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Ravi Inder Singh. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was formed under the twin leadership of Master Tara Singh and Sardar Kharak Singh.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) was created in 1920s by struggle of Sikhs.After 1947 partition of Punjab, all religious properties of Sikhs came under Evacuee Trust Property Board. [5]
"Crocodiles") or Akali (lit. "Immortals"), also known as Dal Khalsa , is an armed Sikh warrior order originating in the Indian subcontinent . [ 1 ] Nihangs are believed to have originated either from Fateh Singh and the attire he wore [ 2 ] or from the " Akal Sena " (lit.
When he left the army, the Akali movement was in full swing. Without any hesitation he became member of the Shiromani Akali Dal and after a short time was appointed its General Secretary. But he had no faith in the non violent methodology of the Akalis and gave preference to armed struggle over peaceful movements. [6]
The new platform of the Akali Dal mobilized strong support among Sikhs, [6] and the Akali Dal passed a resolution in October 1948 in favor of continuing distinct representation of the Sikh minority through a Punjabi Suba, to protect against the aggressive communal mentality displayed by some in the majority if weightage or reservation for Sikhs ...