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Akali movement, variously known as Gurdwara Reform Movement or Gurdwara Agitation is how the Sikhs' long drawn out campaign in the early twenties of the twentieth century, in which they struggled for the liberation of their gurdwaras or holy shrines is described. The campaign which elicited enthusiastic support, especially, from the rural masses, took the form of a peaceful agitation marches, divans or religious gatherings, and demonstrations for Sikhs to assert their right to manage their places of worship. This led to a series of critical episodes in which their resolve to use peaceful resistance as opposed to turning to violence were severely tested by government suppression.

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rdfs:comment	Akali movement, variously known as Gurdwara Reform Movement or Gurdwara Agitation is how the Sikhs' long drawn out campaign in the early twenties of the twentieth century, in which they struggled for the liberation of their gurdwaras or holy shrines is described. The campaign which elicited enthusiastic support, especially, from the rural masses, took the form of a peaceful agitation marches, divans or religious gatherings, and demonstrations for Sikhs to assert their right to manage their places of worship. This led to a series of critical episodes in which their resolve to use peaceful resistance as opposed to turning to violence were severely tested by government suppression.
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abstract	Akali movement, variously known as Gurdwara Reform Movement or Gurdwara Agitation is how the Sikhs' long drawn out campaign in the early twenties of the twentieth century, in which they struggled for the liberation of their gurdwaras or holy shrines is described. The campaign which elicited enthusiastic support, especially, from the rural masses, took the form of a peaceful agitation marches, divans or religious gatherings, and demonstrations for Sikhs to assert their right to manage their places of worship. This led to a series of critical episodes in which their resolve to use peaceful resistance as opposed to turning to violence were severely tested by government suppression. During this effort, the Akali's, as the protesters were known, succeeded in their goal of winning control of their gurdwaras. Through legislation this control was vested in a representative committee of the Sikhs. The State, under Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), had forborne from interfering with the management of Sikh shrines. It endowed the more prominent among them with land grants and other gifts but let the control remain in the hands of Sectaries such as Udasis, or hereditary officiants, who had assumed charge of them generally since the days when Sikhs under pressure of Mughal persecution had been forced to seek safety in remote hills and deserts.

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