The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 (Punjab Act VIII of 1925) received the assent of the Governor-General on 28 July 1925 and was first published in the Punjab Gazette on 7 August 1925, transferring management of historic Sikh shrines to an elected representative body. This was the legislative object of the entire movement.

This is the exact wording approved for public display. It is never strengthened beyond what the tier — Strongly documented — permits.

Evidence

Tier
A Strongly documented In the scholarly reference works and corroborated elsewhere. Published as fact.
Sources
The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 (Punjab Act VIII of 1925)
Change log
Claim Change Log entry #1 (9 August 2026)
Note
An earlier version of the project’s own research gave 9 July 1925 as the assent date. That is contradicted by the statute’s printed header and is not used. What, if anything, occurred on 9 July 1925 is not established and is not asserted.
Reviewed
· Master Research Dossier Part II §20; Claim Change Log #1

Connections

Chronology
28 July 1925 — Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 (Punjab Act VIII of 1925) receives the assent of the Governor-General
7 August 1925 — Act first published in the Punjab Gazette

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“The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 — assent and publication (claim DOS-II.20).” Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive. Reviewed September 10, 2026. https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/sikh-gurdwaras-act-1925-assent/.
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“The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 — assent and publication (claim DOS-II.20).” Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive, September 10, 2026, https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/sikh-gurdwaras-act-1925-assent/.
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The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 — assent and publication (claim DOS-II.20) — Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive — https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/sikh-gurdwaras-act-1925-assent/ (page last reviewed 2026-09-10)
BibTeX
@misc{tssclaimssikhgurdwarasact1925assent2026,
  title = {The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 — assent and publication (claim DOS-II.20)},
  howpublished = {Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive},
  year = {2026},
  month = {sep},
  url = {https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/sikh-gurdwaras-act-1925-assent/},
  note = {Page last reviewed 2026-09-10}
}
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