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AHMADlYAH MOVEMENT
Tags: ahmad, ghulam, islam, jesus, nanak, guru, mirza, arya, claims, punjab, pakistan, sikh
AHMADlYAH MOVEMENT, started in the late nineteenth century as a reforming and rejuvenating current in Islam, originated in Qadian in Gurdaspur district of the Punjab. In the 1880`s, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, son of the chief landowning family of Qadian,...
AKALI
Tags: akali, singh, akalis, nihangs, akal, sikhs, nihang, guru, term, body, naina, sikh
AKALI, a term now appropriated by members of the dominant Sikh political party, the Shiromani Akali Dal, founded in 1920, and groups splitting from it from time to time, was earlier used for Nihangs (q.v.), an order of armed religious zealots among...
AKALI, THE
Tags: akali, singh, pradesi, amritsar, punjabi, published, paper, massacre, sikhs, master, sikh, guru
AKALI, THE, a Punjabi daily newspaper which became the central organ of the Shiromani Akali Dal, then engaged in a fierce struggle for the reformation of the management of the Sikh gurdwaras and a vehicle for the expression of nationalist political...
AKALI DAL, CENTRAL
Tags: singh, akali, central, shiromani, sikh, sikhs, national, punjab, gurdwara, kharak, committee, baba
AKALI DAL, CENTRAL, a political organization of the Sikhs set up in March 1934 as a parallel body to the Shiromani Akali Dal. The latter was formed on 14 December 1920 to assist the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in its campaign for the...
AKALI DAL KHARA SAUDA BAR
Tags: akali, sauda, khara, singh, gurdwara, called, chuharkana, diwan, sahib, canal, liberation, sirigh
AKALI DAL KHARA SAUDA BAR, an organization of Akali reformers working for the liberation of Sikh shrines from the control of conservative Udasi priests or mahants. The organization was originally called Khalsa Diwan Khara Sauda Bar set up in 1912...
AKALI DAL, SHIROMANI
Tags: akali, shiromani, singh, sikh, punjab, government, gurdwara, congress, sikhs, party, central, committee
AKALI DAL, SHIROMANI (shiromani= exalted, foremost in rank; dal = corps, of akali volunteers who had shed fear of death), the premier political party of the modern period of Sikhism seeking to protect the political rights of the Sikhs, to represent...
AKALI SAHAYAK BUREAU
Tags: akali, congress, akalis, gandhi, panikkar, indian, sikh, british, shiromani, singh, bureau, mahatma
AKALI SAHAYAK BUREAU, lit. a bureau to help (sahayak, from Skt. sahaya, one who lends one company or support) the Akalis, then engaged in a bitter struggle for the reformation of the management of their places of worship, was a small office set up...
AKALI MOVEMENT
Tags: singh, sikhs, akali, committee, gurdwara, sikh, guru, government, shiromani, amritsar, movement, religious
AKALI MOVEMENT, variously known as Gurdwara Reform Movement or Gurdwara Agitation is how Sikh's long drawn campaign in the early twenties of the twentieth century for the liberation of their gurdwaras or holy shrines is described. The campaign which...
AKAL TAKHT
Tags: takht, akal, singh, khalsa, guru, sikh, sahib, sikhs, panth, amritsar, floor, sarbatt
AKAL TAKHT is the primary seat of Sikh religious authority and central altar for Sikh political assembly. Through hukamnamas, edicts or writes, it may issue decretals providing guidance or clarification on any point of Sikh doctrine or practice...
ALL-PARTIES CONFERENCES
Tags: singh, sikhs, sikh, report, conference, nehru, 1928, parties, committee, league, congress, india
ALL-PARTIES CONFERENCES (more aptly, ALL-PARTY CONFERENCES), a series of conventions which took place in 1928 bringing together representatives of various political parties and communities in India with a view to working out a mutually agreed...

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