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Was the son of Bhai Mihan Singh and Mai Bhagan, farmers of moderate
means of Bharoki village in Gujranwala district, who later migrated
to Sheikhupura district. He was a simple peasant with a large family
of three sons and six daughters to support. Bhai Kesar Singh had
Namdhari leanings until, under the influence of the Gurdwara Reform
movement, he turned an Akali. He accompanied Bhai Lachhman Singh
Dharovali's Jatha which perished at the hands of the hired assassins
of Mahant Narain Das, the custodian of Gurdwara janam Asthan.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee settled upon the family
an annual pension of Rs 180.
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