Panth Rattan Shiri Gurcharan Singh Tohra was a president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC),a Sikh body in charge of controlling Gurdwara. He died of a heart attack in New Delhi on 1 April 2004 at the age of 79. He remained the head of the SGPC for a record 27 years,and was one of the most influential and controversial Sikh leaders of the 20th century.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee is an organization in India responsible for the management of gurdwaras,Sikh places of worship,in the states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and the union territory of Chandigarh. SGPC also administers Darbar Sahib in Amritsar.
The Akal Takht is one of five takhts of the Sikhs. It is located in the Darbar Sahib complex in Amritsar,Punjab,India. The Akal Takht was built by Guru Hargobind as a place of justice and consideration of temporal issues;the highest seat of earthly authority of the Khalsa and the place of the Jathedar,the highest spokesman of the Sikhs.
Takht Sri Patna Sahib also known as Takhat Sri Harimandir Ji,Patna Sahib,is one of the five takhts of the Sikhs,located in Patna,Bihar,India.
Teja Singh Akarpuri was an Indian and Sikh politician who served as the 11th Jathedar of Akal Takht from 1921 to 1923 and 1926 to 1930. He was the First MP from Gurdaspur constituency In Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1957 and was succeeded by Diwan Chand Sharma.
Jagtar Singh Hawara is a high level member of Babbar Khalsa who is currently serving life imprisonment at Tihar Jail. He was convicted as a conspirator in the assassination of 12th Chief Minister of Punjab,Beant Singh.
A takht,or taḵẖat,literally means a throne or seat of authority and is a spiritual and temporal centre of Sikhism. There are five takhts,which are five gurudwaras that have a very special significance for the Sikh community. Three are located in Punjab whilst the remaining two are located outside of it.
Giani Gurbachan Singh is a Sikh preacher who served as the jathedar of the Akal Takht from 2008 to 2018.
The Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee,also known as the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC),is an organization responsible for the upkeep of Sikh Gurdwara in Haryana,India. It was formally formed on 11 July 2014 by the bill was passed by Haryana Legislative Assembly. Before this the Gurdwaras of Haryana were officially under Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). HSGPC is headquartered at Kurukshetra.
Balwant Singh Nandgarh was an Indian Sikh politician and Jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib,one of five seats of temporal authority of Sikhism.
Pashaura Singh(1928–2008) also known as Santa Singh or to Nihang Sikhs as Jathedar Akali Baba Santa Singh Ji Nihang 96 Crori was the 13th Jathedar of Budha Dal,succeeding Akali Chet Singh.
The 2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration refers to a series of desecration incidents of the Sikh Guru Guru Granth Sahib and subsequent protests that took place in Punjab,India in October 2015,although it is known as the 2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration it started from 2014 and continues till 2021. The first incident of desecration was reported from Bargari,Faridkot district,where 110 torn Angs of the holy Book were found on 12 October. On the early morning hours of 14 October,two Sikhs were peacefully protesting and were shot dead by the police as the protesters were sitting in demonstration.
The Jathedar of the Akal Takht is the head of the Akal Takht and head of the Sikhs worldwide. The jathedar has the de facto power as the supreme spokesperson of the Khalsa to summon,trial and sentence any person who identifies as a Sikh from the Akal Takht.
Partap Singh was a Sikh priest and 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 1955.
Udham Singh Nagoke was a freedom fighter,Jathedar of Akal Takht and member of Rajya Sabha.
Mohan Singh Nagoke was a politician from Punjab,freedom fighter and former Jathedar of Akal Takhat Sahib.
Dhian Singh Mand is a Sikh politician who has 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.
Giani Harpreet Singh is a Sikh preacher who served 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 jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib since April 2017.
The Sarbat Khalsa of 1986 was one congregation of the Guru Khalsa Panth,including the Damdami Taksal,Akal Takht,Panthic Committee (Manochahal),Panthic Committee (Zaffarwal),Kharku Sikhs,Tarna Dal (Hariabelan),Tarna Dal,Bidhi Chand Dal and the Shiromani Budha Dal.
The Sarbat Khalsa of 2015 was held on November 10,2015,in Chabba village on the outskirts of Amritsar,with the purpose to strengthen all Sikh institutions and traditions. As many as 550,000 to over 600,000 Sikhs from around the world attended the event. A few Sikh organizations in support of the Shiromani Akali Dal did not attend the event and refused to recognize the resolutions passed. The event was also opposed by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Party Akali dal. But Few Sikh organizations supported to Sarbat Khalsa attended the event and recognized the resolutions passed. The event was called by Simranjit Singh Mann and Mohkam Singh,leaders of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and United Akali Dal respectively. The Sikh congregation passed 13 resolutions to be implemented.
