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An early twentieth-century political body among the Sikhs.
Introduction
The Chief Khalsa Diwan (CKD) was established in Amritsar on 30 October 1902. The CKD was an amalgamation of the two existing Khalsa Diwans of Amritsar and Lahore which had formed in the early 1880s. The objective of the CKD was to promote the interests of the Sikh community in colonial politics and to expand upon socioreligious reform begun by its predecessors. It was for this reason that the leadership of the CKD was drawn from the landed Sikh gentry, who had long been viewed by the “Punjab School” of administration as the “natural” leaders of Sikh society and the backbone of rural life in Punjab. [10] The CKD served as the preeminent religious and political body of the Sikhs between 1902 and 1920, when it was overshadowed by the Gurdwara Reform Movement (1920–1925). The secretary of the CKD and chief contact with officialdom during this period was Sir Sundar Singh Majithia, who was ably assisted by...
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Jutla, P.S. (2017). Chief Khalsa Diwan. In: Mandair, AP.S. (eds) Sikhism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0846-1_608
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