ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KH&#256LS&#256 D&#298W&#256N KHAR&#256 SAUD&#256 B&#256R</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 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">&#65279<u>KH</u>&#256LS&#256 D&#298W&#256N KHAR&#256 SAUD&#256 B&#256R was established in1912 by Jathed&#257r Kart&#257r Si&#7749gh of Jhabbar, who became famous in the struggle for the liberation of <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i>. The D&#299w&#257n's membership consisted mostly of Ja&#7789&#7789 Sikhs of the Virk clan who were concentrated in several villages (Jhabbar being one of them) around Ch&#363h&#257&#7771k&#257&#7751&#257 in the Lower Chen&#257b Canal Colony in Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 district. Initially, this D&#299w&#257n was engaged in purely religious and reformist activities and worked especially for the spread of education among Sikhs of this area. During 1919, in the wake of the Jalli&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 massacre, the D&#299w&#257n veered round to politics and redesignated itself Ak&#257l&#299 Dal Khar&#257 Saud&#257 B&#257r, ultimately merging with the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Ak&#257l&#299 Dal established in December 1920.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Narai&#7751 Si&#7749gh ed., <i>Ak&#257l&#299 Morche te Jhabbar</i>. Delhi, 1967<BR> <li class="C1"> Pi&#257r Si&#7749gh, <i>Tej&#257 Si&#7749gh Samundr&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1975<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>