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Sikh political institutions and movements
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 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, 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...
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...
BABAR AKALI MOVEMENT,
Tags: singh, babar, akali, jatha, members, police, kishan, akalis, 1921, movement, secret, sikh
BABAR AKALI MOVEMENT, a radical outgrowth of the Akali movement for the reform of Sikh places of worship during the early 1920's. The latter, aiming to have the shrines released from the control of priests who had become lax and effete over the...
BELA
Tags: singh, bela, sikh, group, ghadar, bhai, river, established, udasi, gurdwara, shot, earlier
BELA, pronounced bella, means, in Punjabi usage, a jungle of tall grasses, reeds and assorted shrubbery along the banks of rivers and streams. The word also received a different connotation when an Udasi saint and preacher, Banakhandi, established...
BHASAUR SINGH SABHA
Tags: singh, bhasaur, sikh, sabha, guru, khalsa, teja, sahib, diwan, babu, divan, granth
BHASAUR SINGH SABHA, or to give its full name Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Bhasaur, was established in 1893 twenty years after the first Singh Sabha came into existence in Amritsar at the village of Bhasaur in the then princely state of Patiala. The...
CENTRAL SIKH LEAGUE,
Tags: league, sikh, singh, central, sikhs, congress, punjab, session, national, october, kharak, baba
CENTRAL SIKH LEAGUE, political organization of the Sikhs which guided their affairs until the Shiromani Akali Dal emerged as a mass force. The inaugural session of the Central Sikh League was held at Amritsar on 29 December 1919, coinciding with the...
CENTRAL AKALI DAL
Tags: central, akali
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