Shiromani Akali Dal (disambiguation)
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Other factions in Punjab
- Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)Shiromani Akali Dal , a splinter group of the Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal. SAD was formed in 1996. Party president was Kuldip Singh Wadala....
led by Sardar Kuldip Singh Wadala - Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal)Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal)Shiromani Akali Dal is a splinter group of the Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal. The party was launched on June 7, 2004. Its president is Surjit Kaur Barnala .Prem Singh Chandumajra joined it after being denied a ticked by Shiromani Akali Dal...
founded on principles of late Sardar Harchand Singh Longowal, former President of the original Shiromani Akali Dal - Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) also known as Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
- Shiromani Akali Dal (UK)
Factions outside Punjab
- Shiromani Akali Dal DelhiShiromani Akali Dal DelhiThe Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi was formed in 1999. When Paramjit Singh Sarna distanced himself from Akali Dal Badal on the basis of different ideology. Sarna was against the RSS factor in the Akali Dal. Gurcharan Singh Tohra backed the party with his support...
- Haryana State Akali DalHaryana State Akali DalHaryana State Akali Dal is a Sikh political party in India, a splinter group of the Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal that sided with Gurcharan Singh Tohra on the Ranjit Singh issue. HSAD was formed on May 23, 1999 on similar lines as Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi. Five out of eleven Shiromani Gurdwara...
, a splinter group based in a neighbouring state, HaryanaHaryanaHaryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
Former Parties
- Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal led by Gurcharan Singh TohraGurcharan Singh TohraPanth Rattan Shiri Gurcharan Singh Tohra , former president of SGPC , a Sikh body in charge of controlling Gurdwara . He died of a heart attack in New Delhi on April 1, 2004 at the age of 79...
, reunited with the SAD (Badal) in 2003 - Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthik)Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthik)|Shiromani Akali Dal , a Sikh political party in the Indian state of Punjab. One of several splinter groups of Shiromani Akali Dal launched by Captain Amarinder Singh in 1991. Singh was an Akali moderate, who opposed the Khalistan militancy....
led by Amarinder SinghAmarinder SinghCaptain Amarinder Singh . He served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007 and presently serves as the President of Punjab PCC. He currently resides in New Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala.-Personal life:...
, and later merged with Congress