ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KH&#256LS&#256 D&#298W&#256N LAHORE</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 LAHORE, formed on 11 April 1886 by a group of Sikhs who following a schism had severed their connections with the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 D&#299w&#257n Amritsar. Bh&#257&#299 Attar Si&#7749gh, chief of Bhadau&#7771, was named president and Bh&#257&#299 Gurmukh Si&#7749gh chief secretary. The D&#299w&#257n was formally registered with the government on 19 February 1892. The membership comprised representatives of the Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257s affiliated to it as well as those from states where no Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257s existed. Among the aims and objects of the D&#299w&#257n were the restoration of Sikhism to its pristine purity, propagation of education especially among women, development of Punjabi language and publication of books on Sikh history and religion. The D&#299w&#257n gained popularity among the Sikhs owing especially to the unremitting campaign launched by its leaders such as Bh&#257&#299 Gurmukh Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299 Ditt Si&#7749gh and Bh&#257&#299 Jaw&#257hir Si&#7749gh. Through platform speeches and through newspapers and tracts they preached the reformist creed of the Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257 and derided the Amritsar D&#299w&#257n and its policies as conservative. Gurmukh Si&#7749gh had sponsored monthly Punjabi magazine <i>Sudh&#257r&#257rak</i> in April 1886, followed by the weekly <i><u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Akhb&#257r</i> which started publication from 13 June 1886. In the hands of Gi&#257n&#299 Ditt Si&#7749gh the latter became a powerful spokesman of the Lahore D&#299w&#257n and its ideology. The number of the Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257s affiliated to the D&#299w&#257n soon rose to above 125. But the D&#299w&#257n lost its verve and vigour with the death of Sir Attar Si&#7749gh in 1896, of Gurmukh Si&#7749gh in 1898 and of Ditt Si&#7749gh in 1901. It was completely eclipsed after the formation of the Chief <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 D&#299w&#257n in 1902.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>See</i> SI&#7748GH SABH&#256 MOVEMENT</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh, <i>Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257 Lahir</i>. Ludhiana, 1974<BR> <li class="C1"> Ashok, Shamsher Si&#7749gh, <i>Pañj&#257b d&#299&#257&#7749 Lahir&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1974<BR> <li class="C1"> Gurmukh Singh, Major, "Singh Sabha Lahir" in <i>N&#257nak Prak&#257sh Patrik&#257</i>. Patiala, December 1988<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>The Heritage of the Sikhs</i>. Delhi, 1983<BR> <li class="C1"> Ganda Singh (ed.) <i>Singh Sabha and Other Socio-Religious Movements in the Panjab</i>. Patiala, 1984<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>