Tara Singh Malhotra | |
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| Born | June 24, 1885 |
| Died | November 22, 1967 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Indian |
Master Tara Singh (24 June 1885, in Rawalpindi, Punjab – 22 November 1967, in Chandigarh) was a prominent Sikh political and religious leader in the first half of the 20th century. He was instrumental in organising the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee and guiding the Sikhs during the Partition of India. He later led their demand for a Sikh-majority state in Punjab, India. The Indian journalist and politician Rajinder Kaur was his daughter.
During the Partition of India, over one million Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims were killed. Millions of Sikh families were uprooted from Pakistan while an equal number of Muslims were displaced from India. During this period, many alleged that Tara Singh was endorsing the killing of Punjabi's. On March 3, 1947, Tara Singh at Lahore along with about 500 Sikhs declared from a dias "Death to Pakistan".[1]
References
Sources
- http://allaboutsikhs.com/person/mastertarasingh.htm[dead link]
- Heritage of the Sikhs, by Sardar Harbans Singh
- http://sikhtimes.com/bios_082103a.html
- http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071261[dead link]
- http://www.sikhpoint.com/religion/sikhcommunity/mastertarasingh.htm[dead link]
- http://www.punjabheritage.com/sfk.htm[dead link]
Further reading
- Harjinder Singh Dilgeer, SIKH TWAREEKH (Sikh History in Punjabi in 5 volumes), Sikh University Press, Belgium, 2007.
- Harjinder Singh Dilgeer, SIKH HISTORY (in English in 10 volumes), Sikh University Press, Belgium, 2010–11.
- Harjinder Singh Dilgeer, Master Tara Singh's Contribution to Punjabi Literature (thesis, granted Ph.D. by the Panjab University in 1982).
- Durlab Singh, Valiant Fighter. 1945.
- Manohar Singh Batra, Master Tara Singh, Delhi, 1972.
- Jaswant Singh, Jeewan Master Tara Singh, Amritsar, 1972.
- Master Tara Singh, Meri Yaad, Amritsar, 1945
