ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GURDI&#256L SI&#7748GH JATHED&#256R (1886-1958)</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="GURDIL,SIDGH,JATHEDR,Person,Person"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279GURDI&#256L SI&#7748GH, JATHED&#256R (1886-1958), also known as Gi&#257n&#299 Gurdi&#257l Si&#7749gh or Sant Gurdi&#257l Si&#7749gh Bhi&#7751&#7693r&#257&#7749v&#257le, was born in 1886 at &#256dampur, near Mog&#257, now in Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab. He studied up to matriculation. He enjoyed the patronage of &#7788ikk&#257 (later Mah&#257r&#257j&#257) Ripudaman Si&#7749gh of N&#257bh&#257, whom he accompanied to England in 1910. On return from abroad in 1912, he joined the seminary at Bhi&#7751&#7693ar Kal&#257&#7749 run by Sant Sundar Si&#7749gh where he studied Sikh theological and historical texts. When the first Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee was formed in November 1920, Gurdi&#257l Si&#7749gh was nominated a member. He was one of those who persuaded the Committee to take up the question of the forced abdication and dethronement of the N&#257bh&#257 ruler, Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ripudaman Si&#7749gh, in July 1923. Consequent upon the launching of what is known as the Jaito <i>morch&#257</i> or agitation to protest against the government's action, the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee was outlawed and its members put behind the bars. Sant Gurdi&#257l Si&#7749gh was arrested on 7 January 1924 and imprisoned in Mult&#257n Central Jail. While under detention he used to give discourses on <i>gurb&#257&#7751&#299</i> for the benefit of his jail-mates. On release in 1926, he went back to Sant Sundar Si&#7749gh, who appointed him <i>jathed&#257r</i> in charge of a newly established <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> and missionary centre at Bop&#257 R&#257i, a village in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district. He was elected to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee in 1945. Besides teaching regular students at the seminary, Sant Gurdi&#257l Si&#7749gh delivered a serialized discourse on the entire Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib spread over a whole year. He had given 23 such annual series before he died at Bop&#257 R&#257i Kal&#257&#7749 on 28 March 1958.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Ashok, Shamsher Si&#7749gh, <i>Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee d&#257 Pañj&#257h S&#257l&#257 Itih&#257s</i>. Amritsar, 1982<BR> <li class="C1"> Dilgeer, Harjinder Si&#7749gh, <i>Shiroma&#7751&#299 Ak&#257l&#299 Dal</i>. Jalandhar, 1978<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Harjinder Si&#7749gh Dilgeer<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>