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Son of Bhai Mal Singh Kamboj and Mai As
Kaur, of Chakk No. 80 Mula Singhvala, district Sheikhupura, was born
on 10 Phagun 1952 Bk/22 February 1896. His parents originally belonged
to village Bahoru in Amritsar district and had settled in the newly
developed canal colony in western Punjab, Chakk No. 80, only in 1892.
Bur Singh received elementary education in the
village school and gurdwara. He was present at Chuharkana on 30
December 1920 when Gurdwara Sachcha Sauda was taken over from Udasi
mahants and brought under the management of the reformist Akalis
by Khalsa Diwan Khara Sauda Bar under the leadership of Jathedar
Kartar Singh Jhabbar.
Bur Singh took the Khalsa pahul on the spot
and became an Akali activist. He joined the jatha of Bhai Lachhman
Singh Dharovali and attained martyrdom at Nankana Sahib on 20 February
1921, which happened to be his 26th birthday.
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