Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive1882–1926 · evidence-first digital heritage

Claim record · DOS-I.3

One of the founding members of the SGPC

A Strongly documented Movement

He was one of the founding members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), formed on 15 November 1920 to bring Sikh shrines under democratic, elected management.

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Evidence

Tier
A Strongly documented In the scholarly reference works and corroborated elsewhere. Published as fact.
Sources
The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism — entry “Tejā Siṅgh Samundrī (1882–1926)”, Piar Singh, in Harbans Singh (ed.)
Note
The stronger single-founder framing is not used; see Sources & Method for the policy.
Reviewed
· PROJECT CONTROL STATE v1 §A1.5; Master Research Dossier Part II §11

Connections

Places
Sri Harmandir Sahib complex, Amritsar
Chronology
15 November 1920 — SGPC founded — Samundri a founding member

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Chicago
“One of the founding members of the SGPC (claim DOS-I.3).” Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive. Reviewed September 10, 2026. https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/sgpc-founding-member/.
MLA
“One of the founding members of the SGPC (claim DOS-I.3).” Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive, September 10, 2026, https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/sgpc-founding-member/.
Plain text
One of the founding members of the SGPC (claim DOS-I.3) — Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive — https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/sgpc-founding-member/ (page last reviewed 2026-09-10)
BibTeX
@misc{tssclaimssgpcfoundingmember2026,
  title = {One of the founding members of the SGPC (claim DOS-I.3)},
  howpublished = {Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive},
  year = {2026},
  month = {sep},
  url = {https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/sgpc-founding-member/},
  note = {Page last reviewed 2026-09-10}
}
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