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Sadhu Singh Bhaura (ਸਾਧੂ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੌਰਾ) (6 June 1905 – 7 March 1984) was a Sikh missionary who served as the 21st Jathedar of the Akal Takht from 1964 to 1980.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 15 relations: Akal Takht, Akali movement, Amritsar, Faisalabad, Jalandhar, Jathedar, Jathedar of the Akal Takht, Nirankari, Punjab, Saini, Shiromani Akali Dal, Sikh rites, Sikhs, Tara Singh (activist), Zaildar.

  2. Jathedars of Akal Takht
  3. Sikh missionaries

Akal Takht

The Akal Takht (Gurmukhi: ਅਕਾਲ ਤਖ਼ਤ,;; originally Akal Bunga) is one of five takhts (seats of power) of the Sikhs.

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Akali movement

The Akali movement, also called the Gurdwara Reform Movement, was a campaign to bring reform in the gurdwaras (the Sikh places of worship) in India during the early 1920s.

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Amritsar

Amritsar (ISO: Amr̥tasara), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana.

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Faisalabad

Faisalabad (Punjabi, فیصل آباد), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi), is the second largest city and industrial centre of the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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Jalandhar

Jalandhar is a city in the state of Punjab in India.

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Jathedar

A jathedar (ਜੱਥੇਦਾਰ) is a leader of high regard chosen to head and ensure discipline within a jatha, a troop of Sikhs.

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Jathedar of the Akal Takht

The Jathedar of the Akal Takht (ਜੱਥੇਦਾਰ ਅਕਾਲ ਤਖ਼ਤ ਸਾਹਿਬ) is the head of the Akal Takht and head of the Sikhs worldwide. Sadhu Singh Bhaura and Jathedar of the Akal Takht are jathedars of Akal Takht.

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Nirankari

Nirankari (ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੀ, lit. "formless one") is a sect of Sikhism.

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Punjab

Punjab (also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb), also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is specifically located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern-Pakistan and northwestern-India.

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Saini

Saini is a caste of northern India.

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Shiromani Akali Dal

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: Supreme Eternal Party) is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India.

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Sikh rites

The Sikhs engage in various rites and services.

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Sikhs

Sikhs (singular Sikh: or; sikkh) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.

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Tara Singh (activist)

Tara Singh (24 June 1885 – 22 November 1967) was a Sikh political and religious figure in India in the first half of the 20th century.

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Zaildar

Zaildar was an officer in charge of a Zail which was an administrative unit of group of villages during the Sikh Empire, British Indian Empire in Punjab and Dogra dynasty rule in Jammu and Kashmir (princely state).

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See also

Jathedars of Akal Takht

Sikh missionaries

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu_Singh_Bhaura

Also known as Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura.