DAROGA, from Persian daroghah, lit. “head man of an office, prefect of a town or village, overseer, or...
HIRA SINGH, SANT (d. 1949). head priest of Takht Sachkhand Sri Hazur Sahib Abchal Nagar, Nandcd, in Maharashtra, was born the son of Bhai Karam Singh of Schna, in Sarigrur district of the Punjab. He received his early education and religious instruction in his village and this allowed him to read the Guru Grantli Sahib felicitously. As he grew up, lie went to Nandcd and settled there for good, serving at the Takht Sahib as a scripturereader.