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title: "Akali/Gurudwara Reform Movement — Definition & Meaning"
description: "The Akali/Gurudwara Reform Movement (1920-1925) aimed to transfer control of Sikh gurudwaras from hereditary mahants to elected community management."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Akali or Gurudwara Reform Movement was a 1920–1925 Sikh campaign to wrest control of historic gurudwaras from hereditary mahants and place them under elected community management.
- What was the SGPC and when was it formed?
- What was the legislative outcome of the Akali Movement?
- How did the movement connect to the wider freedom struggle?
- Name the major morchas of the Akali Movement in sequence.?

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The Akali or Gurudwara Reform Movement was a 1920–1925 Sikh campaign to wrest control of historic gurudwaras from hereditary mahants and place them under elected community management.

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In February 1921 the mahant Narain Das's mercenaries massacred a peaceful jatha of Akali volunteers at Nankana Sahib gurudwara, an atrocity that intensified the Sikh reform agitation and drew Mahatma Gandhi's support.

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