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The Akali–Congress Compromise

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Authorized by a convention of all Sikh parties, Master Tara Singh, with four other Sikh leaders, met Jawaharlal Nehru on 24 October 1955. Maulana Azad and G.B. Pant were also present. The talks were ‘friendly but rather vague’. On 8 February 1956, a plan, generally known as the Regional Formula, was discussed by the Sikh leaders. In his address to the All-India Akali Conference on 11 February, Master Tara Singh dwelt on Punjabi Suba as the real solution for the Punjab problem. But the Akali Dal accepted the Regional Formula in March 1956. Furthermore, the Akali Dal Working Committee resolved in September 1956 to implement the Formula. The constitution of the Akali Dal was suitably amended and the Akali legislators joined the Congress party.
Oxford University Press
Title: The Akali–Congress Compromise
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Authorized by a convention of all Sikh parties, Master Tara Singh, with four other Sikh leaders, met Jawaharlal Nehru on 24 October 1955.
Maulana Azad and G.
B.
Pant were also present.
The talks were ‘friendly but rather vague’.
On 8 February 1956, a plan, generally known as the Regional Formula, was discussed by the Sikh leaders.
In his address to the All-India Akali Conference on 11 February, Master Tara Singh dwelt on Punjabi Suba as the real solution for the Punjab problem.
But the Akali Dal accepted the Regional Formula in March 1956.
Furthermore, the Akali Dal Working Committee resolved in September 1956 to implement the Formula.
The constitution of the Akali Dal was suitably amended and the Akali legislators joined the Congress party.

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