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Indian politician
Portrait of Sundar Singh Majithia
Sardar Bahadur Sir Sundar Singh Majithia
CIE (17 February 1872 – 2 April 1941) was a
Punjabi landowner and politician.
[1]
[2]
Biography
He was born to an aristocratic
Sher-Gill
Jat Sikh family, the son of
Raja Surat Singh of
Majitha .
[3]
[4] He was educated at
Aitchison College , and
Government College , in
Lahore .
One of the largest landowners in the
Punjab , he was also honorary secretary of the
Chief Khalsa Diwan , the representative body of the
Sikh community in
British India , from its formation in 1902 until 1920. He was a supporter of British rule in India, opposed to the activities of the
Ghadar Party and served on various bodies appointed by the
Viceroy .
[5] He was appointed
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the
1920 New Year Honours
[6] and was
knighted in 1926.
He served as Revenue Member at the first and second legislative councils of the
Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1921 and 1926. Following the
Unionist victory in the
1937 Indian provincial elections ,
Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan promoted him to the cabinet of his new ministry as Revenue Member. He remained in the position until his death in 1941.
[7]
He played a leading part in forming the conservative and loyalist Khalsa Nationalist Party.
[5]
It had been alleged that he hosted a dinner for
Reginald Dyer on the evening after the
Jallianwala Bagh massacre .
[8]
Personal life
Sundar Singh had two sons, one of whom was
Surjit Singh Majithia . He was also the great-grandfather of
Bikram Singh Majithia and
Harsimrat Kaur Badal .
[9] His brother was the scholar and photographer
Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia and his niece was the artist
Amrita Sher-Gil .
[10]
[11] One of his grandchildren was the aviator
Dalip Singh Majithia .
[12]
See also
References
^ Singh, Sangat (2001).
The Sikhs in history: a millennium study, with new afterwords . Uncommon Books. p. 213.
ISBN
9788190065023 .
Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2019 .
^ "Obituary: Sir Sundar Singh Majithia". The Times . London. 25 June 1941.
^ Lethbridge, Roper. The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. United Kingdom, Macmillan, 1893.
^ Rekhi, Gurnam Singh (1999).
Sir Sundar Singh Majithia and His Relevance in Sikh Politics (PDF) . Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Ltd. p. 15.
Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2023-12-02 . ...the small village of Majithia (near Amritsar)—which the family of Sir Sundar Singh, of Shergill clan among the Jat Sikhs—had adopted as their surname, could also be proud of its illustrious Sardars.
^
a
b Mansingh, Surjit (9 May 2006).
Historical Dictionary of India . Scarecrow Press. p. 377.
ISBN
9780810865020 .
^
"No. 31712" .
The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 5.
^ Siṅgha, Guranāma (1999).
Sir Sundar Singh Majithia and his relevance in Sikh politics . Har-Anand Publications. p. 222.
ISBN
9788124106174 .
Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2019 .
^ Bharti, Vishav (25 February 2019).
"Apologise for forefather's action in 1919: Cong leaders to Majithia" . The Tribune .
Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023 .
^ The Indian Journal of Political Science. India, Indian Political Science Association, 1974.
^
"Amrita Sher-Gil Portrait Comes to Market After 80 Years" . Sotherbys .
Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021 .
^ Singh, N Iqbal (1975).
"Amrita Sher-Gil" . India International Centre Quarterly . 2 (3): 209–217.
ISSN
0376-9771 .
JSTOR
23001838 .
^ Sundaram, Vivan (2010). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings . Vol. 1. New Delhi: Tulika Books. p. xviii.
ISBN
978-81-89487-59-1 .