SGPC Elections And The Sikh Politics

by: Satwinder Singh Dhillon (Dr.)


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  • ISBN: 81-7205-419-X
  • Edition(s): Mar-2009 / 1st
  • Pages: 336
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Shironmani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which is known as ‘Parliament of Sikhs’, is the Premier Institution which determines the contours of Punjab Politics in general and Sikh Politics in particular. This incisive study highlights appropriately the process of politicization of the SGPC after 1947 AD and rise and fall of the Sikh leadership vis-à-vis their influence in the SGPC. It also points towards the maladies that have crept into the SGPC elections.

The Origin of SGPC and Beginning of Electoral Process / 39

The Punjabi Suba Phase : SGPC Elections 1954, 1960 and 1965 / 72

The Rise of Militant Politics : SGPC Elections 1979 / 106

The Era of Hegemony : SGPC Elections 1996 / 139

Hegemony Sustained : SGPC Election 2004 / 161

Conclusion / 189

Appendix

The Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925 / 199

The Gazette of India – 1996 / 212

Punjab Government Gazette – 1960 / 231

Punjab Government Gazette – 1965 / 245

Punjab Government Gazette – 1979 / 258

Punjab Government Gazette – 1996 / 272

Punjab Government Gazette – 2004 / 286

ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਦਲ (ਬਾਦਲ) ਦਾ ਚੋਣ ਮੈਨੀਫੈਸਟੋ / 305