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

Claim record · DOS-II.20-LINE-BY-LINE

Studied the Act’s clauses in prison

C Attributed / requires confirmation Law & custody depends on the 2026 biography

Several accounts state that he studied the Act’s clauses line by line in prison, alongside Master Tara Singh and others — consistent with the refusal being a considered legal-political judgment rather than a gesture.

This is the exact wording approved for public display. It is never strengthened beyond what the tier — Partially supported — published only with attribution — permits.

Evidence

Tier
C Attributed / requires confirmation Press-only, single-source, or contested between sources. Published only with attribution (“according to…”).
Sources
“Sardar Teja Singh Samundri: A Century On”, K. B. S. Sidhu; “Teja Singh Samundri, the moral force behind gurdwara reform” — The Tribune, Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Attribution
Several 2026 centenary accounts
What would change it
A contemporary account by one of the men held with him, or the source apparatus of the Piar Singh biography once the 2026 English translation is read.
Research-dependent
Final confidence may change once the 2026 English biography is read — OQ-0
Reviewed
· Master Research Dossier Part II §20

Connections

People
Master Tara Singh
Chronology
1925 (date not established) — Conditional release offered to imprisoned leaders — Samundri refuses the undertaking

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Chicago
“Studied the Act’s clauses in prison (claim DOS-II.20-LINE-BY-LINE).” Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive. Reviewed September 10, 2026. https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/studied-the-act-in-prison/.
MLA
“Studied the Act’s clauses in prison (claim DOS-II.20-LINE-BY-LINE).” Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive, September 10, 2026, https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/studied-the-act-in-prison/.
Plain text
Studied the Act’s clauses in prison (claim DOS-II.20-LINE-BY-LINE) — Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive — https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/studied-the-act-in-prison/ (page last reviewed 2026-09-10)
BibTeX
@misc{tssclaimsstudiedtheactinprison2026,
  title = {Studied the Act’s clauses in prison (claim DOS-II.20-LINE-BY-LINE)},
  howpublished = {Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive},
  year = {2026},
  month = {sep},
  url = {https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/studied-the-act-in-prison/},
  note = {Page last reviewed 2026-09-10}
}
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