Sardul Singh Kavishar: Difference between revisions

'''Sardul Singh Kavishar''' (1886–1963) was an [[India]]nIndian newspaper editor, and a major figure in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He was bornBorn in [[Amritsar]].,<ref>[https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sardul_Singh_Caveeshar Sardul Singh Caveeshar]. ''www.sikiwiki.org''. Retrieved 20 June 2021.</ref><ref>[https://forwardbloc.org/1947/06/14/president-sardar-sardul-singh-kaveesher-1947/ President Sardar Sardul Singh Kaveeshar]. ''forwardbloc.org''. Retrieved 20 June 2021.</ref> he was the second president of the [[All India Forward Bloc]].

Educated in [[Lahore]], Kavishar began his public career in 1913, when he launched the English-language [[newspaper]] ''Sikh Review''. An early article in the ''Sikh Review'' criticized the demolition of an external city wall during the construction of [[New Delhi]], as the wall had been part of a historic Sikh [[gurdwara]]. This led to widespread [[Sikh]] agitation until the outbreak of the [[First World War]], at which point that particular issue was considered to be of lessened priority. After the war Kavishar renewed his calls for action, with the result that he was expelled from [[Delhi]]. He moved to Lahore and began another newspaper, the ''New Herald''. In 1919, he was arrested and imprisoned for writing against the [[Rowlatt Act]]. He was also the founding member of [[Central Sikh League]].

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