7/11/2023 0 Comments Jhatka sikhiwikiThe Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 galvanised Kharak Singh as the virtual core of Sikh politics. He also refused permission for a proposed resolution to be moved at the conference wishing victory to the British in World War I. Three years later in 1915, as president of the 8th session of the Conference held at Tarn Taran, he surprised everyone by walking to the site of the conference, breaking the stately custom of arriving in a carriage pulled by six horses. He started his public life in 1912 as chairman of the reception committee of the 5th session of the Sikh Educational Conference held at Sialkot. Kharak Singh, having passed his matriculation examination from Mission High School and intermediate from Murray College, both at Sialkot, after graduating from University of the Punjab, ( Lahore) he joined the Law College at Allahabad, but the death of his father and elder brother in quick succession, interrupted his studies as he had to return to Sialkot to manage the family property.
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