Teja Singh Akarpuri
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Teja Singh Akarpuri
| office1 = Jathedar of the Akal Takht
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| image = Jathedar Teja Singh Akarpuri.jpg
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| predecessor1 = Teja Singh Bhuchar
| successor1 = Udham Singh Nagoke
| predecessor2 = Jawaher Singh
| successor2 = Didar Singh
| birth_name = Teja Singh
| birth_date = {{birth date |1892|7|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Gurdaspur, Panjab
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1975|11|20|1892|7|22}}
| death_place = Akarpura, Gurdaspur, Panjab
| nationality = Indian
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| alma_mater = Khalsa Collegiate School, Amritsar
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| term_start1 = 29 April 1921
| term_end1 = 13 October 1923
| term_start2 = 27 November 1926
| term_end2 = 21 January 1930
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Teja Singh Akarpuri (1892 – 20 November 1975) was an Indian and Sikh politician who served as the 11th Jathedar of Akal Takht from 1921 to 1923 and 1926 to 1930. He was the First MP from Gurdaspur constituency In Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1957 and was succeeded by Diwan Chand Sharma.
Early life
Teja Singh was born in the Gurdaspur district of the Punjab.{{Citation needed|date= July 2022}} His father was Pala Singh and mother Partap Kaur. He matriculated from Khalsa Collegiate School, Amritsar, in 1911, and enlisted in the 24th Sikh Battalion of the Indian Army the following year. Leaving the Army, he became a patvari in the revenue department of the Punjab at the end of 1914. He was promoted ziledar in 1918.{{Citation needed|date= July 2022}}
Political career
After the Nankana Sahib massacre of February 1921, he resigned from government service and joined the Akali movement.{{Citation needed|date= July 2022}} The SGPC appointed him administrator of Gurdwara Premsati at Kamalia, in Montgomery District, now in Pakistan.{{Citation needed|date= July 2022}} In 1921, he was appointed Jathedar of Akal Takht, Amritsar. He was president of Sri Nankana Sahib management committee from 1935 to 1938. In the Punjab Assembly elections in January 1937, he contested the Batala constituency as a nominee of the Shiromani Akali Dal, but lost to Sir Sundar Singh Majithia, leader of the Khalsa National Party. He was again elected a member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in 1939. He became 7th president of the Shiromani Akali Dal in 1940.{{Citation needed|date= July 2022}} He presided over the first Sarb Hind Akali Conference at Atari, in Amritsar district, on 10 February 1940. Jathedar Teja Singh Akarpuri was a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1957 representing his native district, Gurdaspur.[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF Statistical Report On General Elections, 1951 (refer to Page 15)] He died at his ancestral village Akarpura on 20 November 1975.{{Citation needed|date= July 2022}}
References
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- Piar Singh, Teja Singh Samundn. Amritsar, 1975
- Ashok, Shamsher Singh, Shiroinani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee da Panjah Sala Itihas. Amritsar, 1982
- Josh, Sohan Singh, Akali Morchian da Itihas. Delhi, 1972
- Pratap Singh, Giani, Gurdwara Sudhar arthat Akali Lahir. Amritsar, 1975
- Sahni, Ruchi Ram, Struggle for Reform in Sikh Shrines, ed., Ganda Singh. Amritsar, n.d
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Category:People from Gurdaspur
Category:Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India
Category:Jathedars of Akal Takht
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India
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