The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee is an organization in India responsible for the management of Gurdwaras,Sikh places of worship in states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and the union territory of Chandigarh. SGPC also administers Darbar Sahib in Amritsar.
Baldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader,he was an Indian independence movement leader and the first Defence Minister of India. Moreover,he represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the processes of negotiations that resulted in the independence of India,as well as the Partition of India in 1947.
Sikhism in Pakistan has an extensive heritage and history,although Sikhs form a small community in Pakistan today. Most Sikhs live in the province of Punjab,a part of the larger Punjab region where the religion originated in the Middle Ages,with some also residing in Peshawar in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Nankana Sahib,the birthplace of Guru Nanak,the founder of Sikhism,is located in Pakistan's Punjab province. Moreover,the place where Guru Nanak Dev died,the Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib is also located in the same province.
Sardar Hukam Singh was an Indian politician and the third Speaker of the Lok Sabha and second Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1962 to 1967. He was also governor of Rajasthan from 1967 to 1972.
Sukhdev Singh Libra,was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament.
Sardar Gurbachan Singh was a Sikh scholar,professor,and author. He was born in Moonak,Sangrur district. He was a lecturer at the Sikh National College at Lahore. At the Banaras Hindu University he held the Guru Nanak Chair of Sikh Studies. He received the Padma Bhushan in 1985. He received in 1985 the National fellowship by the Indian Council of Historical Research,New Delhi.
Darbara Singh was the 10th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1980 to 1983.
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) is organization in India responsible for the management of Gurdwaras, Sikh places of worship in Delhi. It also manages various educational institutions,hospitals,old age homes,libraries and other charitable institutions in Delhi. It is headquartered in Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib,near Parliament House. Currently,the president of DSGMC is Harmeet Singh Kalka.
The Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee is a Sikh religious organisation in Pakistan. PSGPC was formed by the Government of Pakistan and is entrusted with the maintenance of Sikh religious institutions,places of worships in Pakistan.
Governor Ujjal Singh was an Indian politician who was a participant in the First Round Table Conference,opened officially by King George V on 12 November 1930. Ujjal Singh served as the Finance Minister of Punjab,Governor of Punjab,followed by acting Governor of Tamil Nadu. Prior to this he was one of Pre-Partition Punjab's largest landowners,owning thousands of acres in Hadali,Jaranwala,Mian Channu,Lyallpur,Montgomery,Sargodha and other areas.
Sant Fateh Singh was an Indian Sikh religious and political leader,and a key figure in the Punjabi Suba movement.
Sardar Gian Singh Rarewala was an Indian politician and the first Chief Minister of the former Indian state of Patiala and East Punjab States Union.
Baba Kharak Singh was an Indian playwright born at Sialkot in British India. He was involved in the Indian independence movement and was president of the Central Sikh League.
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.
The Pakistan Sikh Council(PSC) (Gurmukhi:ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨਸਿੱਖਕੌਂਸਲ;Shahmukhi:پاکستانسکھکونسل) is a Sikh organisation in Pakistan which works for rights of Sikh community in Pakistan. In organisation Sardar Ramesh Singh Khalsa is Patron-in-Chief,Sardar Tara Singh is president,Arshad Jee Singh is vice president and Karan Singh Rai is General Secretary. It is based in Karachi.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab,India. The party is the second-oldest in India,after Congress,being founded in 1920. Although there are many parties with the description Akali Dal,the party that is recognized as "Shiromani Akali Dal" by the Election Commission of India is the one led by Sukhbir Singh Badal. The party has a moderate Punjabi agenda. On 26 September 2020,they left the NDA over the farm bills.
Parkash Singh Badal was an Indian politician and Sikh rights advocate who served as the 8th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1970 to 1971,from 1977 to 1980,from 1997 to 2002,and from 2007 to 2017,the longest serving Chief Minister of Punjab till date. He was also Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly from 1972 to 1977,1980 to 1983 and from 2002 to 2007 and the 11th Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare in the Morarji Desai ministry from 1977 to 1977. He was the patron of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD),a Sikh-centered regional political party,and the president of the party from 1995 to 2008,when he was replaced by his son Sukhbir Singh Badal. As the patron of SAD he exercised a strong influence on the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. The Janata Party was essentially his brainchild against the Indian National Congress.
Nirlep Kaur (1927–1987) was a politician from Punjab,India. She represented Sangrur in the 4th Lok Sabha.
Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh or Gurdwara Shahidi Asthan Bhai Taru Singh ji is a Sikh Gurdwara at Naulakha Bazaar in Lahore,Pakistan,which commemorates the spot where Bhai Taru Singh was executed. The shrine was built on the grounds of the Shaheed Ganj Mosque,leading to a legal dispute over ownership that began in 1850. British,and later Pakistani,courts upheld the right of Sikhs to maintain a place of worship at the site. While a settlement was being negotiated by British authorities,a group of Sikhs demolished the mosque on 7–8 July 1935,triggering communal riots. In December 2022,the official Gurdwara’s doors where locked by the local people was turned into a mosque.
Sardar Bahadur BhaiMehtab Singh (1879–1938) was a lawyer,freedom fighter and legislator who became closely associated with Gurudwara Reform movement and later became the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.
