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{{Infobox Indian Political Party<br />
| party_name = Akali Dal – Tara Singh<br />
| chairman = [[Tara Singh (activist)|Tara Singh]]<br />
| foundation = 1962<br />
| dissolution= 7 October 1968<br />
| merged = [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Akali Dal – Master Tara Singh Group''' was one of several hard-line splinter groups founded by [[Tara Singh (activist)|Tara Singh]]. Akali Dal – Tara Singh was formed in 1962. It was led by Master Tara Singh. The party was a [[Sikh]]-centered [[political party]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. The party was created due to disagreement between [[Master Tara Singh]] and [[Sant Fateh Singh]]. The party failed to gained control of the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]] in October 1962. In the Gurdwara elections in January 1965, the party annexed 45 of the seats, while Sant Fateh Singh's party could manage 90. In 1967 during [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] election Party got only 2 seats and gave their support to Akali Dal Sant Fateh Singh with other Parties and Independents and formed [[People's United Front (Punjab, India)|People's United Front]] and the Government under the leadership of [[Gurnam Singh]] but resigned after defection by [[Lachhman Singh Gill]] and then both the factions merged and formed [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] on 7 October 1968 at [[Khadur Sahib]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xH3p7kV97AC|title=Akali Dal in Punjab Politics: Splits and Mergers|first=Dr Kuldeep|last=Kaur|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=9788176291286|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/punjabistate.html|title=Agitation for State of Punjab|work=sikh-history.com|access-date=18 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826182520/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/punjabistate.html|archive-date=26 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jarnail-singh-bhindranwale-congress-sanjay-gandhi-zail-singh/1/204348.html|title=How Congress invented a sant|work=intoday.in}}</ref><ref>Manohar Singh Batra, Master Tara Singh, Delhi, 1972.</ref><ref>Jaswant Singh, Jeewan Master Tara Singh, Amritsar, 1972.</ref><ref>Master Tara Singh, Meri Yaad, Amritsar, 1945.</ref><br />
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