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This
section provides a list of important and prominent figures
from Anglo-Sikh History which have been listed in alphabetical
order, according to ethnicity and time period.
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Came of a poor barber family of Fatehgarh Sukkarchakkian, a village
near Amritsar. His father Bhai Mohra however had become through thrift
and hard work a small shopkeeper and money-lender. Santa Singh learnt
Gurmukhi from the village granthi, Bhai Tek Singh, and could read
the Holy Book fluently. He was initiated a Singh at the age of 17.
He commanded respect for his upright conduct, religious devotion and
tuneful recital of the heroic deeds of Sikh martyrs. As the movement
for Gurdwara Reform got under way, he joined the Akali ranks. On 19
February 1921, he fell in with Bhai Lachhman Singh Dharovali's squad
and met with a violent death on 20 February 1921 singing holy hymns
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