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Akali Dal, also termed as Shiromani Akali Dal (Akali Religious Party), is a Sikh political party mainly based in Punjab, India. Download high resolution version (993x664, 4 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Andhra Pradesh Dacoity Haryana Himachal Pradesh India Karnataka Maharashtra Punjab (India) Rajasthan Tamil Nadu West Bengal Delhi Wikipedia:Wikipedians/India Chhattisgarh Andaman and Nicobar Islands Madhya Pradesh Lakshadweep Jammu and Kashmir Freedom House Gujarat... Image File history File links Small emblem of India 125px height File links The following pages link to this file: India List of national coats of arms Template:India infobox User:Varungarde Wikipedia:Wikiportal/India Template:Wikiportal:India/Introduction ... Executive President Prime Minister The Union Ministries Legislative Parliament Rajya Sabha Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Speaker of the House Judicial Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Supreme Court High Courts District Courts Constitution Fundamental Rights and Directive principles Regions States and territories Elections General Elections State Assembly... The Vice-President of India is second behind the President in the Executive branch of the Government of India. ... Executive President Prime Minister The Union Ministries Legislative Parliament Rajya Sabha Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Speaker of the House Judicial Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Supreme Court High Courts District Courts Constitution Fundamental Rights and Directive principles Regions States and territories Elections General Elections State Assembly... The Deputy Prime Minister of India is one of the most significant posts in the Indian government. ... Here is a quick look into the Whos who of Cabinet Ministers of India. ... Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. ... Executive President Prime Minister The Union Ministries Legislative Parliament Rajya Sabha Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Speaker of the House Judicial Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Supreme Court High Courts District Courts Constitution Fundamental Rights and Directive principles Regions States and territories Elections General Elections State Assembly... Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ... The Vice-President of India is second behind the President in the Executive branch of the Government of India. ... The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of Parliament of India. ... The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the lower house of parliament in India. ... The judiciary, also referred to as the judicature, consists of justices, judges and magistrates among other types of adjudicators. ... Executive President Prime Minister The Union Ministries Legislative Parliament Rajya Sabha Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Speaker of the House Judicial Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Supreme Court High Courts District Courts Constitution Fundamental Rights and Directive principles Regions States and territories Elections General Elections State Assembly... The Chief Justice of India is the highest position obtainable by a judge in India. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... India is subdivided into 28 states, 6 union territories and a National Capital Territory. ... See Election (movie) for the film directed by Alexander Payne. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Executive President Prime Minister The Union Ministries Legislative Parliament Rajya Sabha Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Speaker of the House Judicial Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Supreme Court High Courts District Courts Constitution Fundamental Rights and Directive principles Regions States and territories Elections General Elections State Assembly... Political parties in India lists political parties in India. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ... The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calendar Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (Meaning: Land of five Rivers) (also Panjab, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Shahmukhi: پنجاب) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ...

It was formed in the 1920s after the formation of SGPC (Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee), a religious body formed as a result of movement to secure Sikh Gurdwaras from corrupt priests. So in a sense Akali Dal considers itself as a religio-political party and principal representative of Sikhs. Baba Kharak Singh was the first president of the Akali Dal but it was under Master Tara Singh that Akali Dal became a force to reckon with. The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee is a sikh religious organization responsible for the upkeep of Gurudwaras. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ... A Gurdwara is the Sikh place of worship. ...

They launched Punjabi Suba agitation to get a Sikh majority state made from undivided Punjab based on language under the leadership of Sant Fateh Singh. In 1966, Punjab was formed but its division led to bitter conflict as neither parties were satisfied. Akali Dal came to power in Punjab but many a times their governments were dismissed by the Congress Party ruling at the federal level. Punjabi Suba is a state in northwest India formed from north part of former state in of Punjab. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party) is the largest subscription-based organisation in the world. ...

In the 1980s, the Akali Dal was torn when a young fundamentalist priest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale began an anti-India terrorist group, demanding an independent Sikh state. For a while, the Dal sought to appease Bindranwale and his extremism to preserve the support of Sikh conservatives with the main party, but Bindranwale's terrorist acts wrecked the Dal's credibility with the rest of the nation and common Punjabis. When Bindranwale's men began killing innocent Hindus and Sikhs who spoke out against him, the Dal abandoned Bhindranwale and denounced his agenda and actions. // Overview Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (Punjabi: ਜਰਨੈਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਭਿੰਡਰਾਂ ਵਾਲਿ) was the leader of Damdami Taksal, a Sikh organisation based in the Punjab, India. ...

The Akali Dal however retained calls for greater autonomy, more support and attention from central authorities. It severely criticized the Operation Bluestar, which flushed out and killed thousands of terrorists and Bhindranwale himself from the sacred Golden Temple in Amritsar. It supported thousands of angry Sikh demonstrations, strikes and displays of outrage, and attacked the Government as well. But its credibility and respect had been severely eroded by its failure to take a decisive stand on the crisis that had caused havoc to peace and life in Punjab. Its failure to stop Bhindranwale from misusing the shrine, its failure to stop the Army from using force to eject and kill the terrorists, and its failure to stop the harsh anti-terrorist police operations that followed only weakened the Dal. The Operation Blue Star (also known as the Golden Temple Massacre) (June 4 to June 6, 1984) was the Indian military raid of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, the holiest temple of the Sikh religion. ... The Golden Temple The Golden Temple is also known as Harmandir Sahib or Hari Mandir by the Sikhs. ... Amritsar (Meaning: Pool of the Nectar of Immortality, Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ, Hindi: अमृतसर) is a city in Punjab, India. ...

The Dal's chief opponent in the state is the Indian National Congress. Its political ally in the state and at the Centre is the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Since Punjab is only about 60% Sikh, the SAD needs the support of as many Hindus as the BJP can get to form lasting administrations, and the BJP needs the SAD to bring as many parliamentary seats from Punjab as it can to form a Union government. The BJP's cultural Hindu nationalism strikes a common fiber with Sikh conservatives, though their alliance is purely political. Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party, abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... The Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian Peoples Party), created in 1980, is today one of the largest national political parties in India. ...

Akali Dal's history is also full of divisions and factionalism. Each faction claims to be the real Akali Dal. As of 2003, the SAD headed by Prakash Singh Badal was the largest faction and the one recognized as having the name SAD by the Election Commission of India. Other factions have included Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal led by Gurcharan Singh Tohra, Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) (also called SAD (Amritsar)), and Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthik) led by Amarinder Singh (which later merged with Congress), Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi, Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic), Haryana State Akali Dal and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal). 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Election Commission of India is a constitutional body created to hold free and fair elections in India. ... Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, a splinter group of Shiromani Akali Dal, formed by G.S. Tohra in 1999. ... Gurcharan Singh Tohra (24 September 1924 - 31 March 2004), president of SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee), a Sikh body in charge of controlling Gurdwara (Sikh places of worship), died of a heart attack in New Delhi on 31 March 2004 at the age of 79. ... Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), registered with the Election Commission of India as Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann), a splinter group of the Shiromani Akali Dal led by Simranjit Singh Mann. ... Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthik), a Sikh political party in the Indian state of Punjab. ... Capt. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party, abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi, a splinter group of the Shiromani Akali Dal. ... Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic), a splinter group of the Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal. ... Haryana State Akali Dal, splinter group of the Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal that sided with Gurcharan Singh Tohra on the Ranjit Singh issue. ... Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) is a splinter group of the Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal. ...

In the fall of 2003 the Badal and Tohra factions reunified. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The basic philosophy of Akali Dal is to give political voice to Sikh issues (Panthic cause) and it believes that religion and politics go hand in hand.

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