Akali movement

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The Akali movement was a Sikh-led early 20th-century reform and political campaign in Punjab that sought to free gurdwaras from corrupt control and assert Sikh religious and political rights under British rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Akali movement canonical 5
Gurdwara Reform Movement 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sikh reform movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
religious reform campaign ⓘ
hasAlternateName Gurdwara Reform Movement ⓘ
linked to: Akali movement
hasCasualties Sikh protesters injured in morchas ⓘ
Sikh protesters killed at Nankana Sahib ⓘ
hasCenter Amritsar ⓘ
hasColonialContext British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
hasCountry India ⓘ
hasEndTime mid-1920s ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Sikhs ⓘ
linked to: Sikh people
hasIdeology Sikh religious reformism ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
religious nationalism ⓘ
hasLanguage Punjabi ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language
hasLegalBasis Sikh Gurdwaras Act 1925 ⓘ
hasLocation British India ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
hasMainGoal assertion of Sikh political rights ⓘ
assertion of Sikh religious rights ⓘ
end of government-backed mahant control ⓘ
liberation of gurdwaras from corrupt mahants ⓘ
reform of Sikh gurdwara management ⓘ
hasOrganization Shiromani Akali Dal ⓘ
linked to: Akali Dal

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ⓘ
hasOutcome enactment of Sikh Gurdwaras Act 1925 ⓘ
establishment of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ⓘ
recognition of Sikh control over major gurdwaras ⓘ
hasPart Guru ka Bagh Morcha ⓘ
Jaito Morcha ⓘ
Nankana Sahib agitation ⓘ
hasReligion Sikhism ⓘ
hasResult transfer of gurdwara management to elected Sikh bodies ⓘ
hasSignificantSite Golden Temple ⓘ
Guru ka Bagh ⓘ
linked to: Guru ka Bagh Morcha

Jaito ⓘ
Nankana Sahib ⓘ
hasStartTime 1920 ⓘ
hasTemporalContext early 20th century ⓘ
hasTypeOfConflict religious-political agitation ⓘ
influenced Indian independence movement ⓘ
Shiromani Akali Dal ⓘ
linked to: Akali Dal

Sikh political mobilization in Punjab ⓘ
opposedBy British colonial authorities ⓘ
hereditary mahants ⓘ
usesMethod civil disobedience ⓘ
morchas (agitation campaigns) ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Punjab Province (British India) → notableMovement → Akali movement ⓘ
Akali movement → hasAlternateName → Gurdwara Reform Movement ⓘ
linked to: Akali movement
Master Tara Singh → politicalMovement → Akali movement ⓘ
Nankana Sahib massacre → movement → Akali movement ⓘ
Jaito → associatedWith → Akali movement ⓘ