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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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Wife of Bhai Takht Singh and his helpmate in promoting women's education
among Sikhs to which cause he was passionately devoted, was the daughter
of Sardar Tek Singh of the village of Sultanpur, near Rahim Yar Khan
railway station in the princely state of Bahawalpur. She had been
a resident student at the Sikh girls school, at Firozpur, founded
in 1892 and nurtured by Bhai Takht Singh. Agya Kaur had studied at
the Mahavidyala up to the high school level. Bhai Takht Singh's first
wife Harnam Kaur who was a co-builder of the school died in 1906.
He approached Agya Kaur's father to ask for her hand to be his ally
in the enterprise he had launched upon. The nuptials took place at
Sultanpur on 17 September 1910. On 16-17 February 1911, Bibi (lady)
Agya Kaur left with her husband on a tour of some South Asian countries
to raise funds for the school. At Sikh gatherings and at divans at
the gurdwaras, she recited holy hymns, kirtan, and made fervent appeals
for donations, for their nascent school. Returning to. Punjab on 3
March 1912, she resumed her duties at the Mahavidyala as a teacher
and as a matron of the hostel. She was taken ill with influenza during
the epidemic of 1918, aggravated in her case by an attack of pneumonia.
She died on 27 October 1918. She left behind four children, one of
her daughters rising to the position of Director of Public Instruction
in Punjab.
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