Question

When were the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections held?
A. \[1958\]
B. \[1954\]
C. \[1961\]
D.\[1965\]

Answer 1

Hint: In this question, we will talk about when was the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections held and how this impacted history. In December, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee election returned a decision completely in favor of Punjabi Suba. The voter was exclusively Sikh in this situation.

Complete answer:
The emerging Akali leadership convened a general assembly of the Sikhs in \[1920\], keeping all shades of opinion in the vicinity of the Akal Takht in Amritsar on \[15\] November \[1920\]. The aim of this assembly was to elect to administer the Harimandir Sahib Complex and other significant historical gurdwaras a representative committee of the Sikhs. The British government set up its own commission, composed of \[36\] Sikhs, to oversee the Harimandir Sahib two days before the planned meeting. The Sikhs held their scheduled meeting and made a larger committee of \[175\] members and called it the Parbandhak Committee of Shiromani Gurdwara. It also included the members of the government-appointed commission. Harbans Singh Attari became vice president and the committee's secretary became Sunder Singh Ramgarhia. Master Tara Singh had begun to take an interest in Sikh religious affairs by that time. One by one, the Committee started to take over the administration of gurdwaras, and existing mahants opposed them. The government of Punjab had made up its mind to let the Sikhs take over their shrines' administration. In July \[25\], \[1925\], the Sikh Gurdwaras Act was affixed to the Statute Book. The custodian of all important Sikh places of worship was to be the central Gurdwara Council, chosen by the Sikhs. A resolution was passed by the first Gurdwara Board that its name is changed to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. The Sikh leadership was well conscious of the value of the press for every movement's success. The democratically elected SGPC had considerable control over the political agenda of Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab politics before the establishment of Punjabi Suba in \[1966\]. Master Tara Singh's defeat in the \[1958\] SGPC presidential elections was decoded as the defeat of the Punjabi Suba movement.
So, the correct answer is Option B.

Note: It is proposed that a permanent body should be appointed for the Gurdwara Election Board. Its presence does not, as at present, depend on acceptance from year to year. Specifically, it should be declared as an autonomous entity with adequate rights, funds, and personnel to carry out its tasks independently and equally.