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    The Jathedar of the Akal Takht (Punjabi: ਜੱਥੇਦਾਰ ਅਕਾਲ ਤਖ਼ਤ ਸਾਹਿਬ) is the head of the Akal Takht and head of the Sikhs worldwide. The jathedar has the...
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    The Akal Takht (Gurmukhi: ਅਕਾਲ ਤਖ਼ਤ, Punjabi pronunciation: [äːkäːl t̪axt]; lit. 'Throne of the Timeless One'; originally Akal Bunga) is one of five takhts...
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    Jagtar Singh Hawara (category Jathedars of Akal Takht)
    of Punjab, Beant Singh. Hawara was declared as the Jathedar of the Akal Takht by a Sarbat Khalsa organised at village of Chabba on the outskirts of Amritsar...
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    Bhai Gurdas (category Family members of the Sikh gurus)
    preacher who served as the Jathedar of the Akal Takht from 1606 to his death in 1636. He was the original scribe of the early version of Guru Granth Sahib...
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  • A jathedar (Punjabi: ਜੱਥੇਦਾਰ) is a leader of high regard chosen to head and ensure discipline within a jatha, a troop of Sikhs. During the early-to-mid...
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    000. The current acting jathedar of Takht Patna Sahib is Baldev Singh, who was appointed by Harpreet Singh, the acting jathedar of the Akal Takht on 2...
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  • Giani Raghbir Singh (category Jathedars of Akal Takht)
    serving as the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's appointed Jathedar of the Akal Takht since 2023. He served as the Jathedar of Takht Kesgarh Sahib...
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    Giani Harpreet Singh (category Jathedars of Akal Takht)
    as the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee-appointed acting jathedar of the Akal Takht from October 2018 to June 2023. He has also served as the acting...
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  • Gurbachan Singh Manochahal (category Jathedars of Akal Takht)
    (6 June 1954 – 28 February 1993) was Jathedar of Akal Takhat Sahib who founded the Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan in 1984. Manochahal was responsible...
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    Gurdev Singh Kaunke (category Jathedars of Akal Takht)
    served as the acting Jathedar of the Akal Takht from 1986 to 1993. Gurdev Singh was born in 1949 at village Kaunke Kalan under Jagraon subdivision of Ludhiana...
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    a freedom fighter, Jathedar of Akal Takht and member of Rajya Sabha. As Jathedar of the Akal Takht, he was scheduled to lead the first Shahidi Jatha...
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    was the 7th Jathedar of Budha Dal and Jathedar of Akal Takhat. He was the successor of Akali Phula Singh. He was the first one who fought against the British...
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    Partap Singh (category Jathedars of Akal Takht)
    Panjabi writer. He served as the first acting Jathedar of Akal Takht from 19 December 1937 to 1948 and 19th Jathedar of Akal Takht from 1952 to 15 February...
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    Jules and Gédéon Naudet (category Survivors of the September 11 attacks)
    Mosque and president of Al-Azhar University and a prominent Sunni Muslim leader Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the Sikhs' highest authority...
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  • been serving as the Sarbat Khalsa appointed acting jathedar of the Akal Takht since 2015 due to the imprisonment of its permanent jathedar Jagtar Singh Hawara...
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  • Giani Gurbachan Singh (category Jathedars of Akal Takht)
    Sikh preacher who served as the jathedar of the Akal Takht from 2008 to 2018. Gurbachan Singh was born in village Chakk Baja of Muktsar, Punjab, India on...
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  • Punjab for six months. The Supreme Court later rescinded the ban. On 6 October 1978, a Hukumnama by the Jathedar of the Akal Takht was issued, calling upon...
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    Baba Darbara Singh (category Jathedars of Akal Takht)
    Jathedar of Budha Dal and third leader of the Akal Takht. He should not be confused with other Darbara Singh of Sirhind who fought in the Battle of Anandpur...
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  • in the Akal Takht complex. Giani Partap Singh, an eighty year old former Jathedar of the Akal Takht, had criticised Bhindranwale for the arsenal of modern...
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    1705. The other four Takhts are the Akal Takht, Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, Takht Sri Patna Sahib and Takht Sri Hazur Sahib. The Takht is in the Talwandi...
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  • Akerpuri (Jathedar AkalTakht Sahib) Sohan Singh Josh and Sardar Teja Singh Samundri studied each clause of the bill carefully. The bill met all the Akali...
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  • Akal Takht Sahib Damdama Sahib Keshgarh Sahib Hazur Sahib Nanded Patna Sahib A takht, or taḵẖat (Punjabi: ਤਖ਼ਤ), literally means a throne or seat of authority...
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  • as the 21st Jathedar of the Akal Takht from 1964 to 1980. Sadhu Singh Saini was born on 6 June 1905, at Chakk No. 7, a village in Saini Bar region of Lyallpur...
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    Jathedar of the Akal Takht and president of Shiromani Akali Dal . He was also known as Jathedar Mohan Singh Tur. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the...
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    Sarbat Khalsa (category History of Sikhism)
    Bhuchhar was announced as the Jathedar of the Akal Takht. The next known meeting of the Sarbat Khalsa took place on the occasion of Divali in 1721 when a...
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    activities of the Maharaja, upset orthodox Sikhs, including the Nihangs, whose leader Akali Phula Singh was the Jathedar of the Akal Takht. When Ranjit...
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  • a spiritual leader and former Jathedar of the Akal Takht, who criticized Bhindranwale for keeping guns in the Akal Takht. Partap was later killed along...
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    and 8th Jathedar of Shiromani Panth Akali Budha Dal. He became Jathedar of Budha Dal in 1846 and also became Jathedar of Akal Takhat on the same day...
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  • accepted the “tankhah” (punishment for religious misconduct) pronounced by Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, the Jathedar of the Akal Takht. Also in the same...
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    Bhai Mani Singh (category Jathedars of Akal Takht)
    possession of the Harmandir Sahib. Bhai Mani Singh was appointed Granthi of the Harmandir Sahib and Jathedar of the Akal Takhat. Mani Singh thus became the third...
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