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{{Infobox officeholder <br />
|name = Mangal Singh<br />
|image = <br />
|birth_date = 6 June 1892<br />
|birth_place = Gill village, [[Ludhiana]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date = 16 June 1987<br />
|death_place = [[Chandigarh]]<br />
|office = President of [[Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]]<ref>[https://sgpcamritsar.org/sgpc-presidents.php SGPC former Presidents]. Retrieved 5 May 2021.</ref><br />
|term = 27 April 1925 - 2 October 1926<br />
|predecessor = [[Mehtab Singh, Sardar Bahadur|Mehtab Singh]]<br />
|successor = [[Baba Kharak Singh]]<br />
|office1 = Member of [[Central Legislative Assembly]]<ref>[http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/downloadPdf.jsp?file=BK-001213.pdf&docid=2769 Elections in Punjab 1920-1947 (Pdf)],(p. 33 and 35), Book by Kirpal C. Yadav. Retrieved 5 May 2021.</ref><br />
|term1 = 1935 - 1946<br />
|constituency1 = East Punjab (Sikh)<br />
|predecessor1 = Harbans Singh<br />
|successor1 = Post Abolished <br />
|party = *[[Indian National Congress]] (till 1945)<br />
*[[Shiromani Akali Dal]] (1945-1960)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mangal Singh''' was a Punjabi politician and legislator, member of Central Legislative Assembly and also served as President of SGPC.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Mangal Singh was born into the family of zaildar. His father Kapur Singh was a zaildar. Mangal Singh passed his matriculation in 1911 and then joined the [[Khalsa College, Amritsar]] for further study. After [[World War I]] broke out in 1914 he left the college and joined the military and posted at [[Mesopotamia]]. <br />
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After he returned to country, he vehemently opposed the policies of British Government, for this he was arrested many times.<br />
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==Later life==<br />
Mangal Singh actively participated in [[Gurdwara Reform Movement]]. He was the member of ad hoc committee who negotiated with Britishers which ultimately led to the passing of [[Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925]]. He served as president of SGPC from 1925 to 1926<ref>[http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/downloadPdf.jsp?file=BK-000123.pdf&docid=1266 Gurdwara Sudhar Lehar arthat Akali Lehar (Pdf)] (Punjabi). Book by [[Partap Singh]].</ref><br />
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He represented the [[Sikh]]s in the [[Motilal Nehru]] Committee which drew up a draft constitution of India commonly known as [[Nehru Report]].<br />
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He elected to [[Central Legislative Assembly]] in 1935 on nominee of [[Indian National Congress]] and then again in 1945 on the nominee of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]].<ref>[http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/downloadPdf.jsp?file=BK-000189.pdf&docid=1338 Kali Morchia da Itihas (Pdf)] (Punjabi). Book by Sobhan Singh.</ref><br />
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Mangal Singh withdraw from the active politics in 1960 due to health problems. He died in Chandigarh on 16 June 1987.<br />
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