Sardul Singh Caveeshar |
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Date of Birth | : | 1886 |
Date of Death | : | 1963 |
Place of Birth | : | Amritsar |
Sardul Singh Caveeshar (1886 in Amritsar - 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter and newspaper editor. Educated in Lahore, Caveeshar began his public career in 1913, when he launched the English-language newspaper 'Sikh Review'. An early article in the Sikh Review criticized the demolition of an external city wall during the construction of New Delhi, as the wall had been part of a historic Sikh gurdwara; this led to widespread Sikh agitation until the outbreak of the First World War, at which point that particular issue was considered to be of lessened priority. After the war, however, Caveeshar renewed his calls for action, with the result that he was expelled from Delhi. He moved to Lahore and began another newspaper, the New Herald. In 1919, he was arrested and imprisoned for writing against the Rowlatt Act. In 1921, he issued a public call for 100 Sikh volunteers to rebuild the gurdwara's demolished wall, at the cost of their lives if need be.