Giani Harcharan Singh

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Giani Harcharan Singh was born in March 1904 at Nangal Lubana in Kapurthala State. He passed middle standard examination from Anglo-Vernacular English School, Nadala in 1921. He did Giani in 1926 and then joined Shaheed Sikh Missionary College which was started by Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandak Committee in 1927 and studied there for two years. He also taught in same institution during the period 1929-30.

Giani Harcharan Singh was an important leader of the Vihar Sudhar Lehar in the third decade of the twentieth century. He was the stage secretary of Vihar Sudhar conference arranged at Khokharwali in Sialkot district in 1925. He was one of the close associates of Sant Prem Singh. His role in the politics is also noteworthy. He took part in the Non-Cooperation and Akali Movements and was imprisoned on 20th March 1922. He supported Sant Prem Singh in his elections for the Legislative Assembly in 1936 and 1946. He is no more. He expired in 1988 at Nangal Lubana village at the age of 84.