| Master Tara Singh
was elected President of SGPC for the third time.
Master Tara Singh was born on 24 June, 1885, in Haryal in Rawalpindi
district of North Western Province of undivided India. His mother,
Moolan Devi, was a pious lady and his father, Bakshi Gopi Chand,
was a patwari of the village and was a well known and respected
person. Tara Singh's original name was Nanak Chand. In 1902 Nanak
Chand embraced Sikhism and came to be called Tara Singh.
Tara Singh had a bright educational career and was a scholarship
holder almost at all stages of his education. In 1907 he passed
his B. A. examination from Khalsa College, Amritsar. Later Tara
Singh joined as headmaster of Khalsa High School, Lyallpur, at an
honorarium of Rs. 15 per month. Since then he came to be known as
Master Tara Singh. His career as a teacher ended in 1921, following
the Nankana tragedy.
He also edited two Akali newspapers, Akali (Urdu) and Akali te
Pardesi (Gurmukhi) in which he forcefully put forward the aims and
objectives of the Akali Dal.
He took an active part in national politics till his death on 22
November 1967.
-Ref. "Master Tara Singh, by Verinder Grover, Deep &
Deep Publications Delhi, 1995.
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