Explore the historical Round Table Conferences (1930-32) in London that aimed to redefine India's future through constitutional reforms and equal discussion.
Explore the origins of the SARB HIND SIKH MISSION, established in 1936 to promote Sikhism and uplift social status in India.
Discover Sujan Singh Sodhi, the visionary Sikh educationist and reformer who played a pivotal role in early 20th-century educational initiatives.
ALL-PARTIES CONFERENCES (more aptly, ALL-PARTY CONFERENCES), a series of conventions which took place in 1928 bringing together representatives of various political parties and communities in India with a view to working out a mutually agreed formula for the country\'s constitutional advance in response to the invitation of the British government. On 7 July 1925, Lord Birkenhead, the Secretary of State for India, had, in a speech in the House of Lords, said: "Let them (the Indians) produce a constitution which carries behind it a fair measure of general agreement among the great people of India. Such a contribution to our problems would nowhere be resented.
Explore the impactful life of Tara Singh, a key figure in Sikh reforms and legislation, renowned for his efforts in the Sikh Gurdwaras Act 1925.
CHANDA SINGH, BHAI (1885-1921) was born on 9 Savan 1942 Bk / 22 July 1885, the son of Bhai Hukam Singh and Mat Nand Kaur, a peasant couple of village Nizampur, in Amritsar district. The family shifted westward to Chakk No. 38 Nizampur Deva Singhvala, in a newly colonized district. As he grew up, Chanda Singh, was influenced by the current of Sikh reformation then sweeping the Punjab.
Explore the historic Unity Conference of 1932 that aimed for Indian self-governance by uniting diverse communities and addressing political representation.
COMMUNAL AWARD was an official statement of British government policy in respect of the composition of provincial legislatures as a further step in the transfer of responsibility to the Indian people. The Secretary of State for India presented the terms of the Award to Parliament as command paper 4147, and they were published on 16 August 1932 under the title Communal Decision. The terms of the Award defined the methods of selection and the relative strength of representation of various "communities" in the legislatures as they were expected to be formed under provisions of a new constitution for a federation of Princely Indian states and British Indian provinces, which was being devised at the time and which was given final shape later in the Government of India Act of 1935.In effect, the Award was a political settlement worked out for the people of British India by officials in London.
Explore the historic 1934 Guru Nanak Sarbsampradai Conference aimed at uniting Sikh sects under Guru Nanak's teachings. Discover its key resolutions.
Discover the legacy of Sirdar Kapur Singh, a master of Sikh theology, philosophy & literature, whose influence shaped modern Sikh political thought.
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