Akali movement
The Akali movement /əˈkɑːli/, also called the Gurdwara Reform Movement, was a campaign to bring reform in the gurdwaras (the Sikh places of worship) in India during the early 1920s. The movement led to the introduction of the Sikh Gurdwara Bill in 1925, which placed all the historical Sikh shrines in India under the control of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).
| Akali movement | ||||
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Jatha of Akali volunteers marching to Guru-ka-Bagh on 25 October 1922 during the movement | ||||
| Date | 1920–1925 | |||
| Location | Punjab (British India) | |||
| Goals | Transferring control of Sikh gurdwaras from traditional clergy (Udasi mahants) and Government-appointed managers to elected Sikh bodies | |||
| Methods | Nonviolent resistance including demonstrations and petitions | |||
| Resulted in | Sikh Gurdwara Bill (1925) places historical Sikh shrines in India under the control of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee | |||
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Kartar Singh Jhabbar Narain Das | ||||
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The Akalis also participated in the Indian independence movement against the British Government, and supported the non-cooperation movement against them.
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