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Was born on l Assu 1939 Ilk/15 September 1882, the son of Bhai Chugatt
Singh and Mai Jio, of Gurdaspur district. The family migrated to
Chakk No. 33 Dharovali in Sheikhupura district (now in Pakistan).
Sundar Singh enlisted himself in the army and served with the 11
th Cavalry for seven years. Once displaying to those present pictures
of Bhai Hazard Singh and Bhai Hukam Singh, killed by the priests
of Tarn Taran, Bhai Lachhman Singh of Dharovali appealed for volunteers
to indemnify the sacrilege which had been going on in the gurdwar5s
under the administration of the mahants. Bhai Sundar Singh offered
his services on the spot. His offer was accepted on the condition
that he would strictly abide by the Khalsa rahit. Sundar Singh took
the vows of Khalsa at Gurdwara Khara Sauda and was formally registered
as an Akali volunteer. On receiving the call for liberating Gurdwara
janam Asthan at Nankana Sahib, he joined the Dharovali jatha massacred
to a man by the hired assassins of Mahant Narain Das on 20 February
1921.
Bhai Sundar Singh was survived by his mother
and wife to whom a son was born in July 1921. The Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbandhak Committee settled upon them an annual pension of Rs 160,
besides paying off the family's debt of Rs 1488.
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