biography
pronunciation:
[fate sing]
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| lived:
| (1911–72)
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| biography:
| Sikh religious leader and campaigner for Sikh rights, born in the Punjab. He was involved in religious and educational activity in Rajasthan, founding many schools and colleges there. In 1942 he joined the Quit India Movement, and was imprisoned for his political activities. During the 1950s he agitated for a Punjabi-speaking autonomous state, which was achieved with the creation of the Indian state of Punjab in 1966. |
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