ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>L&#256BH SI&#7748GH B&#256B&#362 (1895-1947)</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="LBH,SIDGH,BBj,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">&#65279L&#256BH SI&#7748GH, B&#256B&#362 (1895-1947), Ak&#257l&#299 politician, was born in 1895 at the village of Las&#257&#7771&#257, in Jalandhar district, the son of D&#363l&#257 Si&#7749gh. He spent his early youth at Que&#7789&#7789&#257 and passed his Matriculation examination from the high school there. In 1914, he took up service in the army as a clerk. Like all clerks, he was addressed there as "B&#257b&#363", which prefix stuck to his name for the rest of his life. He resigned his job as a protest against the killing of Sikhs at Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib on 20 February 1921, and joined the campaign for the reform of Gurdw&#257r&#257 management. He was arrested in 1922 in connection with the Gur&#363 k&#257 B&#257<u>gh</u> agitation. On 18 April 1924, he courted arrest at Jaito and was detained in N&#257bh&#257 jail. He was released along with other Ak&#257l&#299 prisoners after the passage in 1925 of the Sikh Gurdw&#257r&#257 Act. In 1926, he was elected president of the district unit of the Jalandhar Ak&#257l&#299 Jath&#257. In 1928, he participated in a protest march against the Simon Commission, and in 1930 he, along with a batch of 100 Sikh volunteers from his district, participated in the Civil Disobedience movement launched by the Indian National Congress. He was taken into custody in Delhi, but was released after the G&#257ndh&#299-Irwin Pact was signed in 1931. He was arrested under the Defence of India Rules during the Quit India movement. He organized from 25 to 27 November 1944 at Ja&#7751&#7693i&#257l&#257, in Jalandhar district, a massive Sikh conference to celebrate the silver jubilee of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Ak&#257l&#299 Dal. In 1945, he was elected president of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Ak&#257l&#299 Dal which office he held until his death on 9 March 1947 at Jalandhar. He was stabbed by a Muslim fanatic while leading a peace march after communal disturbances in the town. The Civil Hospital and a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> in Rai&#7751ak Bazar at Jalandhar commemorate his memory.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Dilgeer, Harjinder Si&#7749gh, <i>Shiroma&#7751&#299 Ak&#257l&#299 Dal</i>. Chandigarh, 1980<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&#257li Lahir de Mah&#257n Net&#257</i>. Amritsar, 1976<BR> <li class="C1"> Ashok, Shamsher Si&#7749gh, <i>Pañj&#257b di&#257&#7749 Lahir&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1974<BR> <li class="C1"> Josh, Sohan Si&#7749gh, <i>Ak&#257l&#299 Morchi&#257&#7749 d&#257 Itih&#257s</i>. Delhi, 1972<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Harjinder Si&#7749gh Dilgeer<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>