SUNDAR SINGH

SUNDAR SINGH
(1889-1929)
   Indian EVANGELIST who converted to CHRISTIANITY from the SIKH RELIGION of his family after a VISION OF JESUS when he was thirteen years old. He adopted the dress of a HINDU HOLY man and sought to spread the GOSPEL in terms of Indian life and CULTURE.

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

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  • Master Tara Singh — Malhotra (24 June, 1885, Rawalpindi, Punjab 22 November, 1967, Chandigarh) was a prominent Sikh political and religious leader in the first half of the 20th century. He was instrumental in organizing the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee,… …   Wikipedia

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