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A jathedar (Punjabi: ਜੱਥੇਦਾਰ) is a leader of high regard chosen to head and ensure discipline within a jatha, a troop of Sikhs.[1]
^Nabha, Kahn Singh (30 December 2014). Guru Shabad Ratnakar Mahan Kosh. Patiala: Panjabi University. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
A jathedar (Punjabi: ਜੱਥੇਦਾਰ) is a leader of high regard chosen to head and ensure discipline within a jatha, a troop of Sikhs. During the early-to-mid...
The Jathedar of the Akal Takht (Punjabi: ਜੱਥੇਦਾਰ ਅਕਾਲ ਤਖ਼ਤ ਸਾਹਿਬ) is the head of the Akal Takht and head of the Sikhs worldwide. The jathedar has the...
body of the Sikhs) and the place of the Jathedar, the highest spokesman of the Sikhs. The position of the jathedar is disputed between the Shiromani Gurdwara...
Jathedar Baba Chet Singh (1914–1968) was a Nihang and was 12th Jathedar of Budha Dal after Baba Sahib Ji Kaladhari. He was born in 1914 at Talwandi. His...
12th Chief Minister of Punjab, Beant Singh. Hawara was declared as the Jathedar of the Akal Takht by a Sarbat Khalsa organised at village of Chabba on...
Jathedar Baba Hanuman Singh (1755 – 1846), also known as Akali Hanuman Singh or Amar Shaheed Baba Hanuman Singh, was a Nihang Sikh and was the 7th Jathedar...
ਕਾਉਂਕੇ; 1949 – 1 January 1993) was a Sikh priest who served as the acting Jathedar of Akal Takht from 1986 to 1993. Gurdev Singh was born in 1949 at village...
000. The current acting jathedar of Takht Patna Sahib is Baldev Singh, who was appointed by Harpreet Singh, the acting jathedar of the Akal Takht on 2...
Committee-appointed acting jathedar of the Akal Takht from October 2018 to June 2023. He has also served as the acting jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib...
June 1905 – 7 March 1984) was a Sikh missionary who served as the 21st Jathedar of Akal Takht from 1964 to 1980. Sadhu Singh Saini was born on 6 June 1905...
Singh, or Baba Joginder Singh is a Nihang Singh and is claimed to be 15th Jathedar of Budha Dal after Akali Surjit Singh. He was born in Boparai Kalan, Ludhiana...
alumni include the mukkh granthī (chief narrator) at the Golden Temple, jathedārs of various Sikh takhts, and granthīs (narrators) of major gurdwaras. The...
known as Santa Singh or to Nihang Sikhs as Jathedar Akali Baba Santa Singh Ji Nihang 96 Crori was the 13th Jathedar of Budha Dal (Nihang Dal), succeeding Akali...
Sarbat Khalsa appointed acting jathedar of the Akal Takht since 2015 due to the imprisonment of its permanent jathedar Jagtar Singh Hawara. Appointed...
Gurbachan Singh Manochahal (6 June 1954 – 28 February 1993) was Jathedar of Akal Takhat Sahib who founded the Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan in...
Shaheed (Martyr) of Sikhi, Baba Deep Singh ji was installed as the first Jathedar (head) of this temporal seat. He penned additional copies of the Adi Sri...
such an extent that the renowned and legendary Jathedar Akali Baba Phoola Singh Ji, the 6th Jathedar of the Budha Dal and the General of Maharaja Ranjit...
Panjabi writer. He served as the first acting Jathedar of Akal Takht from 19 December 1937 to 1948 and 19th Jathedar of Akal Takht from 1952 to 15 February 1955...
Jathedar Jagdev Singh Khuddian (1937–1989) was a Sikh politician from Punjab who was Member of Parliament, winning from Faridkot in 1989 for the Shiromani...
Jathedar Prahlad Singh (d. 1865) was a Nihang Sikh and 8th Jathedar of Shiromani Panth Akali Budha Dal. He became Jathedar of Budha Dal in 1846 and also...
Surjit Singh (1945–2014) or Jathedar Surjeet Singh Akali was a Nihang and the 14th Jathedar of Budha Dal, after Akali Santa Singh. He was born on June...
Jathedar Tota Singh (2 March 1941 – 21 May 2022) was an Indian politician who belonged to the Shiromani Akali Dal. He was Minister for Agriculture & NRI[clarification...
Singh. Tohra was president of SGPC and Darshan was the SGPC appointed Jathedar of the Akal Takht. The attack was led by Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala, one...
Supreme Court later rescinded the ban. On 6 October 1978, a Hukumnama by the Jathedar of the Akal Takht was issued, calling upon Sikhs to socially boycott the...
Chanderkot Jhal, Jathedar Lachhman Singh decided to wait for Kartar Singh Jhabber and his Jatha. They waited for a while in vain and finally, Jathedar Dharowali...
August 1636) was a Sikh writer, historian and preacher who served as the Jathedar of the Akal Takht from 1606 to his death in 1636. He was the original scribe...
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