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{{Infobox religious biography | {{Infobox religious biography | ||
| name = Sawan Singh | | name = Baba Sawan Singh | ||
| alias = Sawan Singh | | alias = Sawan Singh | ||
| honorific-prefix = Hazur Maharaj | | honorific-prefix = Hazur Maharaj | ||
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| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | | nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | ||
| citizenship = British subject | | citizenship = British subject | ||
| birth_date = 20 July 1858 | | birth_date = 20 July 1858 | ||
| birth_place = | | birth_place = Jatana, Ludhiana, [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], Indian Empire | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1948|4|2|1858|7| | (Ancestral village : Mehma Singh Wala, Ludhiana, Punjab) | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1948|4|2|1858|7|20}} | |||
| death_place = Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, [[Beas City|Beās]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Pañjāb]], Indian Empire | | death_place = Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, [[Beas City|Beās]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Pañjāb]], Indian Empire | ||
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee|Thomason College of Civil Engineering]] | | alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee|Thomason College of Civil Engineering]] | ||
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| period = 1903–48 | | period = 1903–48 | ||
| predecessor = Baba [[Jaimal Singh]] | | predecessor = Baba [[Jaimal Singh]] | ||
| successor = Sardar Bahadur [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Jagat Singh]] | | successor = Sardar Bahadur Maharaj [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Jagat Singh]] | ||
| post = [[Satguru]] | | post = [[Satguru]] | ||
| known_for = Developed Dera Baba Jaimal Singh colony | | known_for = Developed Dera Baba Jaimal Singh colony | ||
| influences = [[Jaimal Singh]] | | influences = Baba [[Jaimal Singh]] | ||
| influenced = [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Jagat Singh]], [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Charan Singh]], [[Julian Johnson]] | | influenced = Sardar Bahadur Maharaj [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Jagat Singh]], Maharaj [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Charan Singh]], [[Julian Johnson]] | ||
| background = #FFC569 | | background = #FFC569 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Sawan Singh''' (1858-1948), also known as "The Great Master" or ''Bade Maharaji'', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Saint or ''Sant''. He was the second [[Satguru]] of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] (RSSB) from the death of Baba [[Jaimal Singh]] in 1903 until his own death on 2 April 1948.<ref>Sondhi, S. L. (Ed.) (1981). ''Radha Soami Satsang Beas: Origin and Growth''. Dera Baba Jaimal Singh: [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]].</ref> | '''Hazur Maharaj Baba Sawan Singh''' (1858-1948), also known as "The Great Master" or ''Bade Maharaji'', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Saint or ''Sant''. He was the second [[Satguru]] of [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]] (RSSB) from the death of Baba [[Jaimal Singh]] in 1903 until his own death on 2 April 1948.<ref>Sondhi, S. L. (Ed.) (1981). ''Radha Soami Satsang Beas: Origin and Growth''. Dera Baba Jaimal Singh: [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas]].</ref> | ||
Before he died, he appointed [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh]] as his spiritual successor.<ref>''Radhasoami Reality: the logic of a modern faith'' by [[Mark Juergensmeyer]]. p.52. Princeton University Press, 1991</ref><ref>David Lane. ''The Radhasoami Tradition: A Critical History of Guru Successorship'' (1992). Garland Publishers, New York {{ISBN|0824052471}} {{cite web |url=http://elearn.mtsac.edu/dlane/rs3.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-10-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810193224/http://elearn.mtsac.edu/dlane/rs3.html |archivedate=2011-08-10 }}</ref> | Before he died, he appointed [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh]] as his spiritual successor.<ref>''Radhasoami Reality: the logic of a modern faith'' by [[Mark Juergensmeyer]]. p.52. Princeton University Press, 1991</ref><ref>David Lane. ''The Radhasoami Tradition: A Critical History of Guru Successorship'' (1992). Garland Publishers, New York {{ISBN|0824052471}} {{cite web |url=http://elearn.mtsac.edu/dlane/rs3.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-10-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810193224/http://elearn.mtsac.edu/dlane/rs3.html |archivedate=2011-08-10 }}</ref> | ||
==Honorifics== | ==Honorifics== | ||