Master Tara Singh in the Akali Movement

The newspaper Akali, started by the radical Sikh leaders in June 1920, articulated their concern for the liberation of Khalsa College, Amritsar, the historic gurdwaras, and eventually the whole country. On the announcement of direct action by the Akali volunteers to reconstruct the demolished wall of Gurdwara Rakabganj, it was quickly rebuilt by the government. The Punjab bureaucracy relinquished its control over the Khalsa College in favour of the moderate leaders of the Chief Khalsa Diwan. For the control of Darbar Sahib at Amritsar and other gurdwaras, the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) was formed in November 1920 and the Shiromani Akali Dal was formed in December. The non-violent morchās launched by the SGPC in 1922–3 were eminently successful. Master Tara Singh emerged as one of the prominent Akali leaders and the best ideologue of the Akali Movement.