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<p class="C1">&#65279JASWANT SI&#7748GH, BHAGAT (1881-1967), prominent in the Gurdw&#257r&#257 Reform movement of 1920-25, was born at R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299, now in Pakistan, on 15 Poh 1938 Bk/27 December 1881, the son of Chaudhar&#299 Sajjan Si&#7749gh. After matriculating from Mission School, R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299, he passed his B.A. examination from Gordon College, R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299. In 1921, he became a member of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, and was elected its general secretary on 16 July 1922. He was arrested in connection with the Gur&#363 k&#257 B&#257<u>gh</u> agitation and was released on 14 March 1923. He suffered jail again in the Jaito <i>morch&#257</i>. He was set free on 26 January 1926 and, when fresh elections to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee took place, he was elected a member. Though he was re-elected in 1930, he gradually withdrew himself from <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> politics to be able to give more time to the family's business.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bhagat Jaswant Si&#7749gh died in Amb&#257l&#257 on 22 August 1967.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Pi&#257r Si&#7749gh, <i>Tej&#257 Si&#7749gh Samundr&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1975<BR>
<li class="C1"> Prat&#257p Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sudh&#257r arth&#257t Ak&#257l&#299 Lahir</i>. Amritsar, 1975<BR>
<li class="C1"><i>Ak&#257l&#299 Lahir de Mah&#257n Net&#257</i>. Amritsar, 1976<BR>
<li class="C1"> Mohinder Singh, <i>The Akali Movement</i>. Delhi, 1978<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Meht&#257b Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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