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DIWAN SINGH (JAITO) (1)


Bhai Diwan Singh (? – 21.2.1924), son of Bhai Sahib Singh, of village Mehangarwal (district Hoshiarpur) embraced martyrdom at Jaito on February 21, 1924. Bhai Diwan Singh was the Jathedar of the management committee for the Gurdwaras of district Hoshiarpur. When the first Shaheedi Jatha left Akal Takht Sahib on February 9, 1924, he offered himself to join the Jatha but the S.G.P.C. did not allow him. but he still continued travelling with the Jatha. He was hit by a police bullet and died on the spot.

  (Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)