Baba Kharak Singh | |
|---|---|
 Singh on a 1988 stamp of India | |
| President of SGPC | |
| In office 14 August 1921 – 19 February 1922 | |
| Preceded by | Sundar Singh Majithia |
| Succeeded by | Sundar Singh Ramgharia |
| In office 2 October 1926 – 12 October 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Mangal Singh |
| Succeeded by | Tara Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1868 Sialkot, British India (present-day in Pakistan) |
| Died | 6 October 1963 (aged 95) Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Playwright |
Baba Kharak Singh (6 June 1867 — 6 October 1963) was an Indian playwright born at Sialkot in British India. He was involved in the Indian independence movement and was president of the Central Sikh League.[1]
He was a Sikh political leader and virtually the first president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. He was among the first batch of students who graduated (1889) from Punjab University, Lahore. His father, Rai Bahadur Sardar Hari Singh, was a wealthy contractor and industrialist. Today, a prominent road, which is a radial road of Connaught Place, New Delhi towards Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, is named Baba Kharak Singh Marg, after him.[2]
- ^ Sangat Singh (2010). The Sikhs in History. Singh Brothers, Amritsar. p. 152. ISBN 978-8172052768.
- ^ Haresh S. Khemani (2 December 2006). "Baba Kharak Singh Marg". Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.