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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