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...rching to Jaito. Reaching Jaito on the morning of 21 February 1924, the jatha was subjected to rifle and machinegun fire. A bullet hit Vadhava Singh i

...eeches of Akali reformers there, he became a member of the Dharovali Akali Jatha led by Bhai Lachhman Singh, and attained martyrdom in Gurdwara Janam Asthan

==The Akali Jatha arrives at the Gurdwara== ...ut the lamps inside the Gurdwara and put curtains on the doors so that the Jatha gathered outside would not become aware of the attacks inside the Gurdwara.

...a village which, had become politically very alive under the influence of Akali reformation. Like other Akali activists of the village, Thakar Singh joined the jatha' of Bhai Lachhman Singh Dharovali and fell a martyr under the shower of bul

...d from the army and became a member of the action group of the Babar Akali Jatha. 2. Sundar Singh, Babbar Akali Lahir. Amritsar, 1970

...ce to politics was from beginning as his mentor Jodh singh was a member of Akali Dal. ...nced his political reputation and stature. In 1975 he was asked to led the Akali Dal's resistance against the Emergency clamped down upon the people of Indi

...a of Ganganagar and was a member of the working committee of the Sh»romam Akali Dal, representing Ganganagar. From 195860, he was vicepresident of the Dal.

...at or a peaceful and non-violent agitation. It is not clear when the term jatha first gained currency, but it was in common use by the first half of the ei ...e the vows of the [[Khalsa]], it became necessary to join one or the other jatha to fight against the oppressors. Besides skill in the use of arms, he had

...He journeyed with him to the Nankana Sahib and was in his jatha (group) of Akali reformers which was massacred to the last man, on the fateful morning of 20

[[Image:Akhandkitan.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Akhand Kirtani Jatha]] also called '''Akhandh Kirtani Jatha''' or '''Bhai Randhir Singh da Jatha'''

...Thakar Singh''' (1885 - 1945), a Ghadr activist who also took part in the Akali movement of 192025, was the son of Sher Singh of Ikulaha, a village 6 ...ment and a heavy fine. Soon after his release in early 1920, he joined the Akali movement for Gurdwara reform. He was arrested on 18 February 1922 for joini

...eer and attained martyrdom along with Bhai Lachhman Singh Dharovali's jatha inside the compound of Gurdwara Janam Asthan on 20 February 1921.

...Peshawar. On 15 March 1921, Teja Singh was arrested along with 14 other Akali activists. He was tried by a special magistrate at Lahore and awarded a ...dwara Parbandhak Committee readmitted him to its membership. The Shiromani Akali Dal celebrated his release on 5 November 1929 by presenting him with an add

...k the Khalsa pahul on the spot and became an Akali activist. He joined the jatha of Bhai Lachhman Singh Dharovali and attained martyrdom at Nankana Sahib on

Labh Singh [[Saini]] (1895–1947), known as Babu Labh Singh, Akali politician and notable freedom fighter, was born in 1895 and was the son of ...he Shiromani Akali Dal. In 1945, he was elected president of the Shiromani Akali Dal which office he held until his death on 9 March 1947 at Jalandhar.

...mselves as volunteers in the jatha of [[Jathedar Lachhman Singh]], a local Akali leader. It so happened that when an urgent call came on 19 February 1921 fo Both were brutally done to death along with the rest of the [[jatha]] after their entry into [[Gurdwara Janam Asthan]] on the morning of 20 Feb

...completion of Jaito Morcha. Hence a special Jatha of a few hundred valiant Akali Satyagrahies replaced the police and army forces and initiated Akhand Path ...Government's interefernce in Nabha and was decsribed as a challenge to the Akali movement. As a result tensions mounted. The Akalis, in defiance of state or

[[Akali]] [[Nihangs]] also speak of ‘Sava Lakh Panths’. This refers to those in ...one will find Sikhs who associate themselves with both the Akhand Kirtani Jatha (A.K.J.) and Kartar Singh Samparda due to their common goal of fighting for

...urdwara Sahib at Gojra]]. He joined Bhai Lachhman Singh Dharovali's group (jatha) to have the [[Gurdwara Janam Asthan]] released. He fell a victim to a bull

...here Atma Singh came in contact with Bhai Lachhman Singh, an active Akali reformist, and also learnt reading and writing in Gurmukhi script. He a ...n the liberation of Gurdwara Sacha Sauda. He was one of the members of the Jatha led by [[Jathedar Lachhman Singh|Bhai Lachhman Singh Dharovali]] which ente