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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

...strict Akali jathas which now formed constituent branches of the Shiromani Akali Dal. There are still some carrying on under the old banner, holding fast to 1. Mohinder Singh, The Akali Movement. Delhi, 1978

...ras at [[Nankana Sahib]]. He laid down his life on 20 February 1921 in the jatha led by Bhai Lachhman Singh of Dharovali.

'''Babbar Akali Movement''' was a radical outgrowth of the Akali movement for the reform of Sikh places of worship during the early 1920's. ...istrict, divans were convened daily by the sympathizers and helpers of the jatha of Karam Singh, who was under warrants of arrest for delivering seditious s

Master Tara Singh, a veteran Akali leader and freedom fighter, was a prominent figure in Sikh politics for mor ...he continued to participate in the National Freedom Movement as leader of Akali Party.

...a "demonstration" or "agitation". Jaito Morcha is the name given to the [[Akali]] agitation that took place in [[February]] [[1924]] for the restoration to The Maharaja had strong pro-Akali sympathies and had overtly supported the Guru-ka-Bagh Morcha and donned a b

...th sentence and was hanged, with Kishan Singh Gargajj, leader of the Babar Akali movement, on 27 February 1926. 2. Makhsuspuri, Sundar Singh, Babar Akali Lahir. Amritsar, 1970

...a]] and the author of ‘Rehitnama’ (code of conduct). The followers of this Jatha believe that Bhai Daya Singh was sanctioned by [[Guru Gobind Singh]] to ini ...Akali Nihang well as a Nirmala. In his Khalsa code of conduct, he gave the Akali Nihang code thus. ‘Siri Sat Gur spoke -

...On release in 1929 he was elected Jathedar (leader) of the district Akali Jatha of Amritsar. In 1930, he was elected a member and vice chairman of Sri Darb

...Sikh Students Federation selected a President who would not bow before the Akali leadership on the issue of the interests of the Sikh nation.

...he Jatha of which he was the leader. In a similar action, the Swatantar Jatha brought the gurdwara at Othian, also in Gurdaspur district, under the

...Akal Takht Sahib and Darbar Sahib. Baba Prem Singh Hoti wrote a book about Akali Phula Singh in 1912. Baba Prem Singh did not use the term Jathedar even onc ...d as the Jathedar of the Jatha. Bhai Teja Singh was to be the chief of the Jatha and not Akal Takht Sahib.

...]-[[1926]]). At the age of 30 years he became the President of the [[Akali Jatha]], Muzaffarabad, as well as the gurdwara management of [[Gurdawara Chevin P

...1921), one of the [[Saka Nankana Sahib]] martyrs, was the leader of the jatha of more than one hundred Sikhs who were attacked in [[Gurdwara Janam As ...a Sanatan Sikh conference at Lahore. Lachhman Singh was to march with his jatha from Dharovali through the darkness of the night of 19 February and Kartar

...was deeply religious, led him to give up his business and plunge into the Akali movement for the reform of Gurdwara management. ...and was imprisoned for one year. In December 1924, he led the 14th Shahidi jatha to Jaito, and was jailed for ten months. He also took part in the non-coope

...ra Janam Asthan at Nankana Sahib, he along with Bhai Nand Singh joined the jatha of [[Bhai Lachhman Singh]] of Dharovali and attained martyrdom on 20 Februa

...k a special interest in shrine reform. During the [[Morcha Chabian]] the [[Akali]] agitation for the recovery of the keys of the [[Toshakhana]] (treasury) Caving into the Akali demands that the keys be returned and all he protesters who had been arres

...ball into a full scale intra-community crisis, the G S Tohra-led Sarb Hind Akali Dal declared that the Namdhari sect followers are not Sikhs and asked the h Former Akal Takht jathedar and president of Akali Dal (Panthic) Jasbir Singh Rode and several other intellectuals, in separat

1999: The first Sikh jatha by road for Pakistan after the 1965 Indo-Pak war, part of the tercentenary 1924: The 3rd Akali Jatha of 500 GurSikhs, led by S. Santa Singh, courted arrest upon reaching Jaito.

...nonviolence. The incident at Tarn Taran on 26th January 1921 when an Akali Jatha was treacherously attacked by the priests, seriously injuring 17 of the ref

...assed away in 1942. His Gurudwara is located in Amritsar, near the burj of Akali Phula Singh. ...of one of the extensive Punjab domains. Inspired by the religiosity of the Akali-Nihungs, he discarded his occupation and enrolled into the 'Budha-Dal' wher

...iot]] and the founder-father of the ''Akali Movement'' and the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. Lyallpuri belonged to Bohoru village close to [[Nankana Sahib]] and ...wala, Jathedar Tehal Singh a ([[Kamboj]] [[Sikh]]) had already arranged a Jatha of about 150 Singhs, the majority of them belonging to the Kamboj [[communi

'''Akali movement''', variously known as Gurdwara Reform Movement or Gurdwara Agitat During this effort, the Akali's, as the protesters were known, succeeded in their goal of winning contro

...gh, SanL Fateh Singh and members of the central executive of the Shiromani AKALI DAL in 1962 for a disciplinary lapse they were taxed with. During 1963-65 h

...islative Council soon after. In 1956, a compromise was reached between the Akali Dal and the Congress in the form of what is known as Regional Formula and t

...d by Surjit Singh Barnala, also a former chief minister of the Punjab, and Akali Dal (Man), led by a new entrant into politics, [[Simranjit Singh Mann]], fo 1. Dilgeer, Harjinder Singh, Shiromani Akali Dal, Jalandhar, n.d.

...n. This is the most popular turban among young Sikhs of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha and also quite popular among those of Damdami Taksal in countries such as I am an Akali, an immortal, our way is to serve all.

...of such blessed souls such as Master ji, Bhai Sahib and the Akhand Kirtan Jatha. In 1936, Master Joginder Singh ji did seva at Tarn Tarn Sahib. Giani ji re ...s long association with the [[Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha|Nishkam Sevak Jatha]].

...Thus on 28th June 1920, Golden Temple and Akal Takht was under control of Akali Sikh Jatehbandi and democratically elected committee called Shiromani Gurdw ...at a meeting at Sheikhupura where Akali party was formed and named "Akali Jatha Khara Sauda Bar", Jhabbar was elected a jathedar of this party. Jhabbar and

...with food and money. He himself took part in the AKALI movement and led a Jatha during the Jaito morcha. During the Hindu-Muslim riots in 1947, he saved th

The Akali movement had rejuvenated GurSikhs - it was almost as if they were given a n .... Subsequently, he visited Harimandir Sahib at Amritsar and consulted with Akali leaders who were outside the jails. The Maharaja's activities deeply troubl

...Lyallpuri was the one who had given birth to Akali Movement and Shiromani Akali Dal, reared them up and brought them to adulthood. All through his life, th ...Punjabi Daily) and compelled the Government to yield. The write-ups in The Akali published by Lyallpuri played a very important and effective role in electr

...Lyallpuri was the one who had given birth to Akali Movement and Shiromani Akali Dal, reared them up and brought them to adulthood. All through his life, th ...Punjabi Daily) and compelled the Government to yield. The write-ups in The Akali published by Lyallpuri played a very important and effective role in electr

1955: Indian police entered [[Darbar Sahib]] complex and arrested several Akali leaders. 1973: Akali Dal initiated the Karnal Morcha.

...support government in delhi. She also excluded brother of Binod singh from Jatha of Bandai Sikhs. Later banda Bahadur was punished. He was tortured, accordi ...d these Hindu Vairagi innovations of Banda. Such was the fighting that the Akali Nihang warriors risked martyrdom in order to oppose Banda:

1949: Akali Dal decided to hold a conference in Delhi, on Feb. 20, to expose Sikh griev 1983: Akali Dal organized a convention for GurSikh intellectuals in connection with the

...esters. The Government was using every available weapon to insure that the Akali reform movement failed. Mahant Narain Dass was one of the weapons in the ha ...e patriot and the founder-father of the ''Akali Movement'' and [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]² . Lyallpuri belonged to Bohoru village close to [[Nankana

...cript and the formation of Punjabi Suba. He maintained no contact with the Akali leadership as a whole. Only Gurcharan Singh Tohra, the then President of th ...agedy, he appeared at the centre-stage and with his typical style; put the Akali-Janata Coalition government on the defensive for allowing this Samagam in t

[[Image:Akali_Phula_Singh_1.JPG|thumb|right|300px|A very old painting of AKALI PHULA SINGH printed in 1923]] ...dya, Shastarvidya and Naam Abhyaas. The Sixth Jathedar of Misal Shaheedan, Akali Baba Naina Singh ji lived at Sri Amritsar Sahib most of the time. Baba Phul

...ere. He veechar the guru granth sahib fully. From 1920 to 1921 he lived in jatha of sant giani sunder singh and he learned guru granth sahib from there too. Giani Chet Singh participated in the Akali Movement.

...n, Guru Nanak Sahajdhari Diwan of Panja Sahib and Sri Guru Nnak Sahajdhari Jatha of Campbellpore. The Sahajdhari Diwan of Panja Sahib attained the status o

On 13th April 1978, the Akhand Kirtani Jatha gathered together from all over India at Amritsar to hold their yearly Vais ...Sahib. It is known that Sikhs of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha and the Bhindra Jatha reached the Reego Bridge near Gobind Gar. Here, the Police stopped them. Th

...nd upon matters requiring action. Reports on the activities of different [[jatha]]s or groups were taken note of and strategies in respect of their continue ...nt of the Takht where the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] was seated - attended by [[Akali]] ([[Nihang]]) officiants.

...counter protest march that ended in bloodshed. The President of the Delhi Akali Dal, Avtar Singh Kohli, was hit on the head by a police-fired tear gas shel Bhai Ranjit Singh, a member of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha along with two other Gursikhs assassinated the Nirankari chief at his home

From 22 August 1922, police began to arrest the [[jatha]]s on charges of theft, riot and criminal trespass. The arrests gave a boo ==Government terrorism and the Akali morcha==

...lderly uncle of Sardar Sundar Singh Majithia, [[Baba Hira Singh]], led a [[jatha]] from the [[Amritsar Khalsa College]]. The group included [[Bhai Jodh Sing ...nded a society called the Khalsa Baradari and played a pioneer role in the Akali movement, or the campaign for the reformation of the Sikh sacred places. Ma

...llectively by a congregation, inspired the formation of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha (AKJ). The third was Prof. Puran Singh (1881-1931), scientist, poet and phi ...of the Shiromani Gurduara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) by the two opposing Akali parties in the 1960s. When the SGPC awarded him with an 'honor letter' for

...dal, head of the Akali Dal. Badal led a fragile coalition, composed of his Akali Dal and the Bhartiya Jan Sangh, a right wing [[Hindu]] party. ...enced politician Jail Singh, decided the best way to break up the S.G.P.C. Akali Dal/Bhartiya Jang Sang coalition was to wean the Sikh support away from the

1920: "The Akali," a daily Punjabi newspaper, started publication. 1924: 7th Akali Shaheedi Jatha of 500 GurSikhs started their march from Takhat Sri Kaesgadh Sahib, Anandpu

...return to India to avenge the insult. It was no coincidence that the first jatha of Ghadarites came from Shanghai and reached Calcutta alomost on the heels ...Singh Tundilaat, a well-known Ghadarite (ghost written by Lal Singh Kamla Akali)

...Akali Movement, 500 Sikhs, from Jalandhar area, become Shaheed, the Babbar Akali Movement, was very strong in Jalandhar District, and also Hoshiarpur Distri

...t the Sikhs in Punjab. This has culminated in Master Tara Singh, a veteran Akali leader, taking the extreme step of fast unto death. The Government is stron ...nsuccessful attempt to attack Ferozepur Fort on November 27, 1914. "Babbar Akali Movement, A Historical Survey," by Gurcharan Singh, Aman Publications, 1993

* Akali Kaur Singh; * Akali Kaur Singh;

...izations, including the Akali Dal Amritsar, Damdami Taksal, Akhand Kirtani Jatha, and the Singh Sabhas demanded the immediate arrest of the cult’s crimina

...have been brought about as a result of the [[Nirankari]]-[[Akhand Kirtani Jatha]] clash on [[Vaisakhi]] in [[1978]], where thirteen Sikhs were killed by a ...ckdown on Sikh Organisations (formed to avenge the Nirankai-Akhand Kirtani Jatha Clash, [[Operation Bluestar]], and the [[1984_Anti-Sikh_riots]]) by the In

...ingh was an active Lobana participant in the [[Akali Movement]]. He sent a Jatha of 25 Sikhs for the Morcha under [[Giani Chet Singh]]. He campaigned for th

...t the Sikhs in Punjab. This has culminated in Master Tara Singh, a veteran Akali leader, taking the extreme step of fast unto death. The Government is stron ...nsuccessful attempt to attack Ferozepur Fort on November 27, 1914. "Babbar Akali Movement, A Historical Survey," by Gurcharan Singh, Aman Publications, 1993

1982 Dharam Yudh morcha to seek Sikh demands was launched by Akali Dal. Additionally, the morcha initiated by Jarnail Singh Bhindrawalae, for 1965 Fateh Singh, then President of Shiromani Akali Dal, met with the then Prime Minister of India, Sri Lal Bahadhur Shashtri.

...ught battles for Guru Gobind Singh and the Mazhabis formed the majority of Akali Nihang ranks, even throughout the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Maharaja ...al and economic progress over the years, and are very active in the Panjab Akali party (Sikh nationalist party). However, poverty and illiteracy is still ra

...wore two swords as manifestation of Miri Piri. He raised and maintained a Jatha of 800 horsemen, and 60 Sikhs armed with match-locks who always remained pr ...e injured by the Police on the day of "Rasta Roko Call". Under pressure of Akali Dal one man Enquiry Commission headed by Justice Dubey (a Brahman) was cons

...return to India to avenge the insult. It was no coincidence that the first jatha of Ghadarites came from Shanghai and reached Calcutta alomost on the heels ...ingh Tundilaat, a well-known "Ghadarite" (ghost written by Lal Singh Kamla Akali)

...came to village Rode, where Sant Jarnail Singh joined the Damdami Taksal (Jatha Bhindran), based in the village of Mehta Chownk. The Damdami Taksal is a tr ...effect them mentally or physically. His focus on fighting beside the then akali party under Sant Harchand singh Longowal for the '''[[Anandpur Sahib Resolu

...Siri Punja Sahib in Hasan-Abdaal, Pakistan. The singhs arrested during the Akali Morcha of Guru kaa Baagh, were being taken to the jails of Attock and Kamal ...ahib, Pakistan) and started living there. He was in the forefront when the jatha went to free the Punja Sahib Gurdwara Sahib. After relinquishing Mahant con

...Singh Bharigu, Prachin Panth Prakash'', which, referring to the fifth jatha of the Taruna Dal commanded by Bir Singh Rarighreta, lists its strengt ...to Amritsar, killed Massa in broad daylight on 6 May 1740 and rejoined the Jatha in their desert refuge. The Buddha Dal and Taruna Dal soon returned to the

...ho said, "after the firing stopped, at about 8.30 p.m., a group of people (Jatha) courted arrest." ...cipate in the Dharam Yudh Morcha and to court arrest, could not leave. The Akali Jathas consisted of about 200 ladies, 18 children and about 1100 men and al

...hand, on September 14, (1981) in Chando-Kalan, two busses belonging to the Jatha (Sant Bhindranwale's group) with copies of Sahib Satguru Sri Guru Granth Sa ...t is not Amrit. Khalsa Ji: when he (Lehar Singh) mentioned the name of the Jatha (Sant Bhindranwale's group), this Amritdhari Singh's beard was forcibly sha

In 1966, Baba Daya Singh jee, from the Sursingh Nihang Jatha (Baba Bidhi Chand Dal), along with his companion Singhs, came to village Lo ...a Daya Singh and after saying their final Fateh to the other Singhs in the Jatha, left Sursingh for [[Darbar Sahib]].

...l credos of their Gurus and return to Sikhi. The Akhand Kirtani Jatha (an Akali group with a totally opposing viewpoint, to say the least), with its leader ...tory as a martyr--not as a deserter or negotiator as some viewed the other Akali political leaders. Thousands of rural Sikh youth comprised his make shift f

...being hatched and stories concocted with the sole purpose of vilifying the Akali Dal and to make this struggle unsuccessful.' Extremist Hindus described Sik ...to hide their own black deeds, and to tarnish the brightening image of the Jatha, to malign it, the Government has started these activities. .... There are

...g of Sant Kartar Singh, Sant Jarnail Singh became the next jathedar of the Jatha and Baba Ji was also very close to him. ...t the Sikh religion were shouted. Singhs from the Akhand Kirtani Jatha and Jatha Bhindran marched peacefully against the Nirankaris but were brutally attack

...ho said, "after the firing stopped, at about 8.30 p.m., a group of people (Jatha) courted arrest." ...cipate in the Dharam Yudh Morcha and to court arrest, could not leave. The Akali Jathas consisted of about 200 ladies, 18 children and about 1100 men and al

...did not allow the recitation of [[Gurbani]] by an unholy and apostate Ragi Jatha, in spite of the danger to his own life. Again at [[Anandpur Sahib]] Gurdwa Bhai Surjan Singh Defedar who was an old companion of our jatha. We were overjoyed to see each

...khs any private army. There were the members and workers of the Shiromani Akali Dal, but they were political workers, not a private army. Pakistan has men As for the Shahidi Jatha, a Sikh Volunteer organisation pledged to defend the panth, that came into

...evotees of Bhagat Kabir Ji in Bengal. Moreover, there was also the Kirtani Jatha of Guru Ram Das Ashram with Satkartar Kaur, Tarn Taran Kaur and Gurjagat Ka ...ardar Piiara Singh of UK in Rotterdam..jpg|300x300px|thumbnail|right|Dhadi Jatha of Sardar Piara Singh of UK in Rotterdam 1977]]

...attached with SGPC/Akali, Sikh Missionary Colleges, Taksal, Akhand Kirtani Jatha, promoters of the Sikh code of conduct, so called Sant-Samaj (self-proclaim

...Congress party colleagues arrived in a bullock cart behind a contingent of Akali volunteers to see for themselves what was going on. They were arrested on ...SU, a jurisdiction with a slim Sikh majority, the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] (Akali party) of the Sikhs formed a coalition government.

...ha Shatabdhi Committee, and Surjit Singh Barnala, General Secretary of the Akali Dal, came.<ref>Sardarni Premka Kaur, "Sikh Renaissance," Beads of Truth, Ju ...Yogi Bhajan appointed Bhai Sahib Bhai Jiwan Singh of the [[Akhand Kirtani Jatha]] as Jathedar (Secretary) of Sikh Unity.

...ign of terrorism and sporadic violence, culminatingly eventually in Babbar Akali movement. It caused ripples in the Sikh community. ...a Bhai Taru Singh (Lahore), Campbellpur, Dhantaur (Abbotabad District) and Akali Phula Singh Samadh at Naushera (NWFP) which came under the management of th

.... 200 Sikhs were killed, and 250 women were abducted. Out of the original jatha of 5,000 only 1,500 finally reached India, the- rest having been killed on ...oldiers among them. The district had also played an important part in the Akali Movement and in the various Congress struggles. So, there were among the S

...r several drafts executed by the three parties to the MOU: the Nihang Sikh jatha (band), the Punjab Waqf Board, and CRCI, the heritage conservation group ba ...in power at the national level and a Sikh nationalist party (the Shiromani Akali Dal, or SAD) was in power in the state. Although the absence of Muslim resi

...protest against the denigration of Sikh religious ethos by Nirankaris. The jatha of peaceful Sikhs was without firearms, carrying traditional Kirpans and th ...as a Congress mischief, merely aimed at undermining the political base of Akali Dal. A lead story by seasoned journalist and former Indian Express scribe

* Gonda Singh (Babbar Akali, imprisoned and tortured) <ref name = "Saini brothers-Babar Akalis"> Histor * Mohinder Singh Saini of Pandori Ganga Singh (Babbar Akali, '''martyred''', killed in Babeli Police encounter)<ref name = "Saini broth