India - Release of Freedom fighter Photograph - Large rare early photograph during the…

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India - Release of Freedom fighter Photograph - Large rare early photograph during the…

India - Release of Freedom fighter Photograph - Large rare early photograph during the British Raj, showing Sikh leaders Baba Kharak Singh and Master Singh on release from Lahore jail during the Indian independence movement. Baba Kharak Singh was involved in the Indian independence movement and was president of the Central Sikh League. He was a Sikh political leader and virtually the first president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. He organized a mammoth demonstration in 1928 when the Simon Commission visited Lahore.Also during 1928-29, he vehemently opposed the Nehru Committee Report until the Congress Party shelved it and acted to secure the Sikhs' concurrence in the framing of constitutional proposals in the future. He was again sent to jail in 1931 but was released after six months. He was re-arrested in 1932 and served another 19 months in prison.

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