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Was born at Rupovali in Gurdaspur district on 13 Savan 1945 BK/27
July 1888, the elder son of Bhai Vadhava Singh and Mai Lachhmi.
Around 1906, the family migrated to Chakk No. 33 Dharovali in Sheikhupura
district in search of a better living. At Dharovali contact with
Lachhman Singh, who was a devout Sikh, changed the course of his
life. He started to learn reading and writing Gurmukhi and went
through the Khalsa rites of pahul. He journeyed with him to the
Nankana Sahib and was in his jatha of Akali reformers which was
massacred to a man on the fateful morning of 20 February 1921.The
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee settled upon his widow a
pension of Rs 11.5 per month and paid Rs 410 in lump sum to discharge
the family debt.
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