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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = [[Jathedar]]<br> Mohan Singh Nagoke
|image = Jathedar Mohan Singh Nagoke.jpg
|birth_date = 25 December 1898
|birth_place = Nagoke Village, [[Amritsar District|Amritsar]] (now in [[Tarn Taran District|Tarn Taran]])
|death_date = 2 March 1969
|death_place = Amritsar
|party = *[[Shiromani Akali Dal]] (till 1948), (1957-1962)
*[[Indian National Congress]] <br>(1948-1957)
*[[Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh|Akali Dal Sant]] (1962-1969)
|office = [[Jathedar of Akal Takht]]
|term = 1935 - 1952
|predecessor = Wasakha Singh Dadehar
|successor = [[Partap Singh]]
|office1 = [[Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee|President of SGPC]]<ref>[https://sgpcamritsar.org/sgpc-presidents.php SGPC former Presidents]. Retrieved 24 April 2021.</ref>
|term1 = 19 November 1944 - 28 June 1948
|predecessor1 = [[Tara Singh (activist)|Tara Singh]]
|successor1 = [[Udham Singh Nagoke]]
|office2 = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly]] from [[Tarn Taran Assembly Constituency|Tarn Taran]]
|term2 = 1952 - 1957
|predecessor2 = Post Established
|successor2 = [[Gurdial Singh Dhillon]]
|term3 = 1967 - 1969
|predecessor3 = Gurdial Singh Dhillon
|successor3 = Manjinder Singh
}}
'''Mohan Singh Nagoke''' (1898-1969) was a Politician from Punjab, Freedom fighter and former Jathedar of Akal Takhat Sahib.<ref>[https://www.allaboutsikhs.com/biographies/1900/mohan-singh-nagoke-jathedar/ Mohan Singh Nagoke, Jathedar]. ''www.allaboutsikhs.com''. Retrieved 24 April 2021.</ref>

==Early life==
Mohan Singh Nagoke belonged to a farmer family. His Father Tahil Singh was a modest farmer. Mohan Singh did his matriculation from [[Khalsa College, Amritsar]] in 1918. Later he joined service in the office of Deputy commissioner of Amritsar. He resigned from the job in protest against [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]].<ref>[http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=1549&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched=W3GX&sbtsro=0 Akali Lehar de Mahan Neta] (Punjabi). Book by [[Partap Singh|Partap Singh, Giani]] 1976.</ref>

==Later life==
Mohan Singh joined the Jatha (group of protesters) in 1924 to [[Jaitu|Jaito]] in [[Nabha State]] against the atrocities by Britishers in Gurdwara Gangsar Jaito.<ref>[https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Jaito_Morcha Jaito morcha]. ''Sikhwiki''. Retrieved 24 April 2021.</ref> He was also injured in the firing of Police but after treatment he again joined the protest. He remained in jail from 1924 to 1925.

In 1926 joined [[Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]]. Then he appointed the [[Jathedar of Akal Takht]] from 1935 to 1952. During his tenure he also became the President of SGPC.<ref>Dilgeer, Harjinder Singh (1980). The Akal Takht. Jalandhar: Punjabi Book Company Jullundur.</ref> As President he gave special attention to bringing symmetry to the [[Harimandir Sahib]] surrounding.<ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/a-tale-of-250-yrs-from-bagh-akalian-to-akali-market-now-a-multi-storey-inn-141865 A tale of 250 years from Bagh Akalian to Akali market now a multi storey inn], 16 September 2020. ''The Tribune''. Retrieved 24 April 2021.</ref>

After the Independence he joined Congress party in 1948 with other Akali politician. In 1952 he contested Punjab Assembly election from Tarn Taran Assembly constituency and won the election. He again elected in 1967 on the ticket of Akali Dal Sant.<ref>[https://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/tarn-taran.html Punjab Assembly constituencies-Tarn Taran], ''www.elections.in''. Retrieved 24 April 2021.</ref> He also served the member of Punjab Subordinate Service Selection Board from 1958 to 1963.

He died on 2 March 1969 after a prolonged illness in Amritsar.

==References==
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[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]

Mohan Singh Nagoke - Revision history

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