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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Udham Singh Nagoke (section Jathedar of the Akal Takht)
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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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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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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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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Gurbachan Singh Manochahal (category Jathedars of Akal Takht)
Jathedar, Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochahal (6 June 1954 – 28 February 1993) was Jathedar of Akal Takht who founded the Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan...
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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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Sadhu Singh Bhaura (redirect from Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura)
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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Akali Hanuman Singh (redirect from Jathedar Baba Hanuman Singh Nihang)
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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Committee. Then he appointed the Jathedar of Akal Takht from 1935 to 1952. During his tenure he also became the President of SGPC. As President he gave...
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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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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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Ranjit Singh (redirect from Lion of the Punjab)
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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Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (redirect from Parliament of the Sikhs)
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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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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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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Avtar Singh Brahma (category Date of birth not in Wikidata)
president of SGPC and Darshan was the SGPC appointed Jathedar of the Akal Takht. The attack was led by Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala, one of Avtar Singh’s...
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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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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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Operation Blue Star (redirect from Siege of the Holy Sikh Temple)
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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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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Akali Santa Singh (redirect from Jathedar Santa Singh Nihang)
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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