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.

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Akali movement canonical 2
Gurdwara Reform Movement 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sikh reform movement
political movement
religious reform campaign
hasAlternateName Akali movement
surface form: Gurdwara Reform Movement
hasCasualties Sikh protesters injured in morchas
Sikh protesters killed at Nankana Sahib
hasCenter Amritsar
hasColonialContext British India
surface form: British Raj
hasCountry India
hasEndTime mid-1920s
hasEthnicGroup Sikh people
surface form: Sikhs
hasIdeology Sikh religious reformism
anti-colonialism
religious nationalism
hasLanguage Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
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 Akali Dal
surface form: Shiromani 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 massacre
surface form: Nankana Sahib agitation
hasReligion Sikhism
hasResult transfer of gurdwara management to elected Sikh bodies
hasSignificantSite Golden Temple, Amritsar
surface form: Golden Temple

Guru ka Bagh Morcha
surface form: Guru ka Bagh

Jaito
Nankana Sahib
hasStartTime 1920
hasTemporalContext early 20th century
hasTypeOfConflict religious-political agitation
influenced Indian independence movement
Akali Dal
surface form: Shiromani 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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Punjab Province under British India notableMovement Akali movement
subject surface form: Punjab Province (British India)
Akali movement hasAlternateName Akali movement
this entity surface form: Gurdwara Reform Movement