Naranjan Singh Bhalla [SEP] date of death
Naranjan Singh Bhalla
Naranjan Singh Bhalla popularly known as Bhalla Sahib (died 1996) was a 20th-century Sikh leader from Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of India.
Life.
Born in the early 19th century in the village of Shalkote in the undivided princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, Naranjan Singh Bhalla was one of the most prominent Sikh faces of the Kashmir valley. He played an active role in the Indian freedom movement and many a times evaded arrest.
He played a prominent role to save
Naranjan Singh. His family name was Kala, but the family attained the name Bhalla because of their good deeds. It is said that in the early eighteenth century, whenever people used to Visit Sialkot on pilgrimage to Gurudwara Tapiana Sahib they had to trek several kilometres by foot and were exhausted, the ancestors of Naranjan Singh used to feed them with Lassi (curd shake) and Makki di roti (corn bread). The surname Bhalla was added to the clan in recognition of their goodness and humility.
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