21. CHIEF KHALSA DIWAN.

CHIEF KHALSA DIWAN. Until the emergence of more radical platforms such as the Sikh League (1919), Shiromam Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (1920) and ShiromaniAkali Dal (1920), the Chief Khalsa Diwan, established on 30 October 1902, was the main counci...

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22. CENTRAL AKALI DAL

See AKALi DAL. CENTRAL

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23. CENTRAL MAJHA KHALSA DiWAN

CENTRAL MAJHA KHALSA DiWAN, also known as the Shiromani Panth MilauniJatha, 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 been...

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24. DECCAN KHALSA DIWAN,

DECCAN KHALSA DIWAN, a philanthropic organization of the Sikhs, now nonexistent, was formed in Bombay on the eve of Indian Independence (August 1947), with Partap Singh as president and Hari Singh Shergill as general secretary. The DIwan`s main objec...

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25. DELHI SIKH GURDWARAS MANAGE-MENT COMMITTEE

DELHI SIKH GURDWARAS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE was a byproduct of the Akali campaign for the reformation of the management of gurdwaras in the Punjab. To wrest control of the holy shrines from the hands of a corrupt and effete priestly order, the Sikhs ha...

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