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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian Sikh leader (1878–1961)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific_prefix = Bhai Sahib<br />
| name = Randhir Singh<br />
| honorific_suffix = Narangwal Ji<br />
| image = Photograph of Bhai Randhir Singh posed whilst grasping a sword in his hand.jpg<br />
| caption = Photograph of Bhai Randhir Singh posed whilst grasping a sword in his hand<br />
| birth_name = Basant Singh<br />
| birth_date = 7 July 1878<br />
| birth_place = Narangwal, Ludhiana district, Punjab<br />
| death_date = 13 April 1961<br />
| known_for = Founder of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha<br />
| parents = Natha Singh<br>Punjab Kaur<br />
}}<br />
'''Bhai Randhir Singh Narangwal''' (7 July 1878 – 13 April 1961) was a [[Sikh]] leader who started the Gurdwara Sudhaar Movement and founded the [[Akhand Kirtani Jatha]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/857971285 |title=Sikh diaspora : theory, agency, and experience |date=2013 |others=Michael Hawley |isbn=978-90-04-25723-8 |location=Leiden |pages=399 |chapter=Sikh Kirtan in the Diaspora |oclc=857971285}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Grewal |first=Dalvinder Singh |title=Eminent Grewals |publisher=Archers & Elevators Publishing House |year=2023 |isbn=9789394958609 |edition=1st |pages=1–8 |chapter=Eminent Grewal Religious Personalities - Chapter 1 - Bhai Randhir Singh Narangwal}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
[[File:Photograph of Bhai Randhir Singh performing kirtan with followers 3.jpg|thumb|Photograph of Bhai Randhir Singh performing [[kirtan]] with followers]]<br />
Randhir Singh was born as Basant Singh in Narangwal, [[Ludhiana]] district, Punjab on July 7, 1878 in a [[Grewal]] [[Jat Sikh]] family to father Natha Singh and mother Punjab Kaur.<ref name=":0" /> His father, Natha Singh, worked as a District Inspector of Schools and as a Judge in the High Court of the State of Nabha. His mother, Punjab Kaur, was a direct descendant in the seventh generation of Bhai Bhagtu, a distinguished Sikh of the congregation of Guru Arjan.<ref name=":0" /> He completed his schooling in [[Nabha]] and higher education from Government and Foreman Christian Colleges at Lahore. Singh wrote various books on Sikh theology, philosophy, and the Sikh way of life. He was charged in 1914 with waging war against the British Crown and had to undergo life-imprisonment from 1914 to 1931. He died on [[Vaisakhi]], April 13, 1961 and his [[cremation]] took place at the lake between Gujjrawal and [[Narangwal]].<br />
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==Publications==<br />
* Gurmat Lekh (1937)<br />
* Gurmat Nam Abhiyas Kamai (1938)<br />
* Jail Chithian (1938)<br />
* Charan Kamal Ki Mauj (1939)<br />
* Kee Sri Guru Granth Sahib Di Puja But Prasti Hai? (1940)<br />
* Anhad Shabad Dasam Duaar (1942)<br />
* Amrit Kallaa<br />
* Gurmat Bibek (1949)<br />
* An-dithi Duniya (1949)<br />
* Karam Philosophy (1951)<br />
* Baba Vayd Rogiaa Da (1952)<br />
* Gurmat Rammjaa (1952)<br />
* Haumai Naavay Naal Virodh Hai <br />
* Temar Aageya Thu Oajara Aerthat Gyan Chanha<br />
* Darshan Jhalkaan<br />
* Granth Prem Sumarg (1953)<br />
* Gurbani diyan Lagaan Matraan dee Vilakhantaa (1954)<br />
* Sant Padh Nirnay (1954) <br />
* Ik Umar Kaidi Da Supna <br />
* Katha Keertan (1957)<br />
* Sikh Itihaas De Partakh Darshan (1958)<br />
* Jhatka Maas Prathai Tat Gurmat Nirnay (1958)<br />
* Sachkhand Darshan (1959)<br />
* Zaharaa zahoor Guru Gobind Singh<br />
* Amrit Ki Hai? (1960)<br />
* Aastak Tei Naastak<br />
* Gagan Oudaree<br />
* Rangle Sajjan<br />
* Jyot Vigaas<br />
* Sikh Kaun Hai?<br />
* Autobiography of Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh - translation by Trilochan Singh (1971)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite book |last=Deol |first=Gurdev Siṅgh | author-link= |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Harbans |editor-link=Harbans Singh |title=The encyclopaedia of Sikhism |volume=III |year=2011 |publisher=[[Punjabi University]] |isbn=978-81-7380-349-9 |oclc=881709311 |pages=476–477 |edition=3rd |entry=RAṆDHĪR SIṄGH, BHĀĪ (1878–1961)}}<br />
*{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Pashaura |author-link=Pashaura Singh (Sikh scholar) |editor1-last=Singh |editor1-first=Pashaura |editor2-last=Hawley |editor2-first=Michael |title=Re-imagining South Asian Religions: Essays in Honour of Professors Harold G. Coward and Ronald W. Neufeldt |year=2013 |publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]] |isbn=978-90-04-24236-4 |pages=34–36 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4SLhLakpsNsC&pg=PA34 |chapter=Re-imagining ''Sikhi'' ('Sikhness') in the Twenty-First Century: Toward a Paradigm Shift in Sikh Studies}}<br />
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