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Sikh reformist movements
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 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...
ANAND MARRIAGE ACT
Tags: marriage, anand, singh, ceremony, 1909, sikh, bill, bhai, marriages, sikhs, council, called
ANAND MARRIAGE ACT was passed in 1909 by the Imperial (i.e. GovernorGeneral`s) Legislative Council to establish legal "validity of the marriage ceremony common among the Sikhs called Anand." The origins of marriage by Anand ceremony go back to early...
BHAI PHERU MORCHA
Tags: gurdwara, committee, singh, mahant, shiromani, bhai, akali, morcha, parbandhak, pheru, favour, 1925
BHAI PHERU MORCHA, one of a series of campaigns in the Sikhs` agitation in the 1920`s for the reformation of their holy places. Gurdwara Sangat Sahib, located in Mien ke Maur in Lahore district, about 15 km from Chhanga Manga railway station,...
CHETRAMIAS,
Tags: chet, sect, buchchoke, tomb, mahbub, shah, church, lahore, named, 1911, illiterate, cross
CHETRAMIAS, a cult of saint worship incorporating elements from Christianity, Vaisnavism and Sufism founded by one Chet Ram (1835-94), an Arora Hindu of the village of Sharakpur in present day Sheikhupura district of Pakistan. Almost illiterate,...
CENTRAL MAJHA KHALSA DiWAN
Tags: diwan, singh, majha, central, khalsa, akali, gurdwara, bhuchchar, sahib, tarn, taran, amritsar
CENTRAL MAJHA KHALSA DiWAN, also known as the Shiromani Panth Milauni Jatha, was one of the several regional organizations that came into being on the eve of the Gurdwara reform movement of the 1920's. A Khalsa Diwan in the Majha area had in fact...
DEV SAMAJ,
Tags: samaj, agnihotri, pandit, brahmo, marriage, lahore, members, guru, religious, movement, women, strict
DEV SAMAJ, a religious and social reform society, was founded on 16 February 1887 in Lahore by Pandit Shiv Narayan Agnihotri (1850-1929). The story of the Dev Samaj is in essence the story of its founder. Pandit Agnihotri was born in the village of...
GURU KA BAGH MORCHA
Tags: guru, sikhs, police, bagh, gurdwara, singh, shiromani, akali, committee, sikh, government, parbandhak
GURU KA BAGH MORCHA, one of the major compaigns in the Sikhs` agitation in the early 1920`s for the reformation of their holy places. Guru ka Bagh in Ghukkevali village, about 20 km from Amritsar, has two historic gurudwaras close to each other,...
KHALSA DIWAN
Tags: singh, diwan, sikh, nabha, maharaja, khalsa, committee, 1911, ripudaman, sikhs, secretary, hira
KHALSA DIWAN, afterwards renamed Central Malva Khalsa Pritinidhi Diwan, Nabha, was formed on 1 January 1906 at a large conclave of the Sikhs held in the princely town. The inspiration came from Tikka Ripudaman Singh (1883-1943), henapparent to the...
KHALSA DIWAN AMRITSAR
Tags: singh, diwan, amritsar, sabha, lahore, khalsa, april, sabhas, khem, baba, called, group
KHALSA DIWAN AMRITSAR, established at Amritsar on 11 April 1883 to oversee and provide direction to the work of the Singh Sabha. This reform movement had originated in Amritsar with the formation of the first Singh Sabha on 1 October 1873. Singh...

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