Sadhu Singh Bhaura
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Honorable Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura | |
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ਇੱਜ਼ਤਦਾਰ ਜਥੇਦਾਰ ਸਾਧੂ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੌਰਾ | |
21st Jathedar of Akal Takht | |
In office 1964–1980 | |
Preceded by | Partap Singh |
Succeeded by | (Acting) Kirpal Singh |
Personal details | |
Born | Sadhu Singh Saini 6 June 1905 Saini Bar, Sikh |
Political party | Shiromani Akali Dal |
Alma mater | Khalsa High School, Lyallpur Shahid Sikh Missionary College, Amritsar |
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Sadhu Singh Bhaura (
Family background and early life
Sadhu Singh Saini was born on 6 June 1905, at Chakk No. 7, a village in Saini Bar region of Lyallpur district (now in Pakistan). His father was Bhai Ran Singh and mother Mai Atam Kaur. There were about 15 exclusively Saini or Shoorsaini yaduvanshi kshatriya owned villages in Saini Bar settlement and all of them had relocated there from Doaba and Gurdaspur region. The villages were named as Chakks and each Chakk had number allotted to them in official records, though some of them were named after predominant clan names or village head, examples being Chakk Naura-Bhaura and Chak Bhola. Chaudhari Bhola Ram
Political background
After matriculating from Khalsa High School, Lyallpur (where
Elevation as Jathedar of Akal Takht
In 1964, Sadhu Singh Bhaura was elevated to the position of Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht, the highest seat of religious authority and legislation for the Sikhs. He attracted wide public notice when, on 10 June 1978, he issued a hukamnama or edict calling upon all Sikhs to boycott socially the neoNirankari sect. In 1980, Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura, in an effort to avert a vertical split in the Akali Dal, formed a seven member committee of senior party leaders to function as collegiate executive, but soon after himself resigned on health grounds and retired to live with his sons in Jalandhar where he died on 7 March 1984.
References
- Dilgeer, Harjinder Singh, The Akal Takhat. Jalandhar, 1980
- Sukhdial Singh, Akal Takhat Sahib. Patiala, 1984