Jodh Singh
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Bhai Jodh Singh ({{langx|pa|ਭਾਈ ਜੋਧ ਸਿੰਘ}},{{langx|hi|भाई जोध सिंघ}}, 1882–1981) was a Sikh theologian, author, mentor and social activist.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEX-98eVyBcC&q=bhai+jodh+singh&pg=PA344|title=International Bibliography of Sikh Studies|first=Rajwant Singh|last=Chilana|date=26 August 2005|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9781402030437|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/145 145]|quote=bhai jodh singh.|title=The Sikhs of the Punjab|first=J. S.|last=Grewal|date=8 October 1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521637640 |via=Internet Archive}}
Biography
He played an important role in the Singh Sabha movement.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/modern-scholars-of-sikhism/jodh-singh-bhai.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064431/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/modern-scholars-of-sikhism/jodh-singh-bhai.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} In 1903, he was the leader of a group of Sikhs who established The Khalsa Advocate, an English-language Sikh newspaper.{{Cite book |last=Barrier |first=Norman Gerald |title=The Encyclopedia of Sikhism |publisher=Patiala Punjabi University |year=2004 |isbn=817380530X |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Harbans |edition=2nd |volume=4: S–Z |pages=161–166 |chapter=Sikh Journalism}} He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2015 }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/entity/bhai-jodh-singh Bhai Jodh Singh materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)]
- [https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographical/modern-scholars-of-sikhism/jodh-singh-bhai/ Bhai Jodh Singh biography]
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Category:20th-century Indian theologians
Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education
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