Babbar Akali movement

Babbar Akali movement
Photograph of six 'shaheeds' (martyrs) from the Babbar Akali Jatha from 27 February 1926
Active
  • 1921-1925 (Political party & standing army)
  • 1922-1937 (paramilitary)
  • 1937-1943 (fugitive activities)
CountryBritish Punjab, British Raj
TypeParamilitary
Size
  • 1923: 10,000-15,000
  • 1927: 50,000+
  • 1933: ~30,000
Commanders
Ceremonial Chief
  • Kisan Singh Gargaj
Field Marshal
  • Munsha Singh Johal
General
General of the Army
  • Dalip Singh

The Babbar Akali movement was a 1921 splinter group of "militant" Sikhs who broke away from the mainstream Akali movement over the latter's insistence on non-violence over the matter of the restoration of Khalsa Raj (Sikh rule) in Punjab as under the prior Sikh Empire as well as gurdwara reforms in restoring pre-colonial gurdwara environments.

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