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The Akali movement was started in 1920 by the Central Sikh League's political wing, the Akali Dal, which was founded in Amritsar in December 1920 and assisted the SGPC. [ 8 ] [ 7 ] The term Akali derives from the word Akal ("timeless" or "immortal") used in the Sikh scriptures.
The Babbar Akali movement was a 1921 splinter group of "militant" Sikhs who broke away from the mainstream Akali movement over the latter's insistence on non-violence over the matter of the restoration of Khalsa Raj (Sikh rule) in Punjab as under the prior Sikh Empire [9] as well as gurdwara reforms in restoring pre-colonial gurdwara environments.
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 (SAD) (translation: Supreme Eternal Party [19]) is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India , after Congress , being founded in 1920.
Kishan Singh Gargaj [1] (1886-1926) was an Indian revolutionary from Punjab and was one of the founders of the Babbar Akali movement. Known mainly for his martyrdom for the cause of the movement, he was one of the renowned martyrs in the Babbar Akali movement. [2]
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During the Akali movement, he was arrested for his role in the Chabian Da Morcha (lasting from November 1921 to January 1922) agitation by the British. [2] He was arrested again on 13 October 1923 due to participating in a joint SGPC-Akali campaign to restore the recent reposed Maharaja Ripudaman Singh to the throne of Nabha State after his ...
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.