A18. BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF HARBANS SINGH JALAL

(From the pen of Dr. Karnail Singh)

Harbans Singh Jalal was born in the village of Jalal in Nabha state. His father's name was Meher Singh and his grandfather's name was Samal Singh and his mother's name was Chand Kaur. He was born in the village of Nanke, in the village of Dhilwanwala in the British Raj, in the district of Ferozepur.

Political situation

The village of Dhilwanwala was situated on the junction of three states. State of Faridkot, State of Nabha and English State. Therefore, this village fell victim to the tyranny of three states. In these days the independence movement was in full swing and the ruler was also fighting his last battle. That is why the freedom fighters were being brutally persecuted.

Any state which wanted to expel the revolutionaries from their country (province) would beat them and throw them on this trio. There used to be a pond. Often these revolutionaries spent the cold winter nights on the pond without clothes and without food. Jalal's grandfather S. Kishan Singh was the Nambardar of the village and Sahib was the owner. He often provided much needed support to these militants who were hiding from their British rulers. He considered it his duty to take them to a safe place without food and clothing. Mostly they were given shelter for a few days with S. Nazar Singh Bhagta or S. Jagraj Singh Kesarwala or Sukhanand. When they recovered, they sought refuge.

When Kishan Singh's only son passed away, he began to feel very weak. For a long time this service was performed by Jalal Sahib's father Meher Singh. Former President of India Giani Zail Singh was twice expelled from Faridkot state and landed here on cold nights. Mehr Singh also received the honor of his guest Nawazi. Although all this was being done in a very secret way, it could not be hidden from the British intelligence police.

At that time there was a police outpost in Jalal village, in charge of which was Ek Khan Sahib, who kept a close watch on the activities of Mehr Singh. It was during these days that Mr. Ajmer Singh, a friend of Mr. Jangir Singh, a neighbor of Mr. Meher Singh, from village Koir Singh Wala, came to visit Mr. Jangir Singh. Ajmer Singh had a license for a 12 bore gun. After drinking and eating, they would go to sleep outside the house. Mr. Jangir Singh wanted to shoot a gun while crossing the street, but Mr. Ajmer Singh was refusing him. Hearing the noise, a kind old man came from his room to give them advice.

Suddenly a shot was fired. The good old man was shot. Jangir Singh's housewife asked Mehar Singh to find out. Jangir Singh ran away, never to appear again. Khan Sahib first blamed Meher Singh for betraying Jangir Singh. However, when Jangir Singh did not appear, the case for Khanapuri was shifted to Mehar Singh. The Mahajan community of Mandi Rampura pleaded with Maharaj Nabha to acquit Mehr Singh of his innocence. Maharaja Nabha accepted this and ordered the release of Mehr Singh, but the British government reconsidered and sentenced Mehr Singh to death on the basis of intelligence reports. Jalal was one year old at the time.

Early life

Mr. Jalal received his early education at a primary school in his village Jalal, which looked like a kicker by the side of a pond. Jalal's grandfather donated the building to the school. Jalal did not have the same mind in studies. He did not want to go to the flowers for the exam, but Master Devi Dayal took the flowers to him to complete the count. There was a strange spectacle. While he was entering the examination room with other children, a devotee from here, Bibi Paro, who was often harassed by school children, came to him. Bibi placed her hands on Jalal's head and blessed him and gave him a packet of ryuris found in his pocket by one of his devotees. This small incident proved to be a great boon for Jalal.

Leaning towards socialism

Jalal completed his further education at Government High School, Pato Hira Singh. It was here that he bought books on Communism, Socialism published in English, Punjabi and Hindi from Punjab Book Depot Chandigarh with the inspiration of Comrade Bhur Bajinder Singh alias Bhura.

For higher studies, Jalal enrolled at DM College, Moga. English professor KL Kapoor was a source of inspiration for him. Here Jalal had the opportunity to study Karl Marx and Socialism Theology in full. But the study of Lenin and Stalin changed Jalal's view. He did not see any difference between communist dictatorship and monarchical dictatorship. A few incidents inspired Jalal to study religion.

Religious consciousness

To compare Sikhism with other religions, Jalal has published about 10,000 books on Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Lautshe, Confucius, as well as Nature, Psychology and Philosophy. Were taken. He was repeatedly called by the Sikh Student Federation to give a discourse against communism.

Due to Jalal's composure and religious consciousness, she became close to Baba Ishar Singh, Sant Narain Singh Nanakshar, Sah Mastana Ji Dera Sirsa, Sri Dhosho of Pune, Maharishi Maheshyogi of Rishikesh, Harbhajan Singh Yogi etc. He also wrote two books in English in Los Angeles. "Nature, the Origin of Religion" and "Natural Way to Enlightenment"

Political life

Jalal Sahib has been very close to Giani Zail Singh Ji. Giani ji was the President of Punjab Congress at that time. They had no means of transportation. Jalal dedicated his car to Giani ji and remained with him as a driver till he became the Chief Minister of Punjab. He was made the convener of the Patiala division of the Kishan cell of the Congress at an early age.

Jalal contested in 1972 against Master Babu Singh, a joint Communist and Congress candidate, as an independent. In a three-cornered battle out of fifty thousand votes, a lead of six and a half thousand was given. The cost was only seven thousand. Fifteen thousand were donated by friends and relatives. Sant Fateh Singh and S. Dhanna Singh Gulshan had also given their support at the last moment, so he had respect for Sant Ji in his mind, which did not please Mr. Badal.

In the 1977 elections, however, the ticket went to Karak Jalal, the sitting MLA. But the Badal group backed the communist candidate. Despite this, a lead of 2,000 votes was obtained. Suddenly, 4,000 fake postal votes were used as an excuse to favor the Communist candidate, and Jalal was declared green. Although justice was served in the election petition, it was of no avail as the Badal government had collapsed after only two and a half years.

In the Central Government

Jalal Sahib was considered to be a good speaker in the Vidhan Sabha for his fact-based views. His research was based on detective journalism. He raised a number of issues in the Assembly, including the heavy water being produced in Bhakra and its secret supply to Russia. In 1977, Murarji Desai became the Prime Minister. Barnala was the Agriculture Minister. On the recommendation of Barnala Sahib, Jalal Sahib was appointed a member of the Agriculture Price Commission. Impressed by his research-based submission, the Desai government appointed him director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa. At that time it controlled 64 agricultural universities in India.

Social service

By this time Mr. Parkash Singh Badal had become the President of the Akali Dal. Although Jalal's in-laws had two or three kinships with the Badal family in Dabwali Transport, they did not think of rejoining the Akali Dal and asked for a ticket, keeping in mind Badal Sahib's first attitude. But the farmers were always on the lookout for the interests. Jalal Sahib fought a case against this injustice in the High Court and the Supreme Court when the Election Commission prematurely imposed a code of conduct on the reforms issued by the Bhattal government related to farmers and development. OPIC, a US-based foreign industry organization, has been surveyed for industry in India and several projects have been approved. It is not appropriate to give details of all their social service practices here.

Honest politics

Jalal remained in active politics for about 10 years. At no time did he receive a single penny of interest from any employer for any work. Get those people to resign themselves in a matter of minutes. He did not fight with his brother for personal gain like today.

Victims of rogue royalty

During Jalal's second election, Maluka Sahib also played a pivotal role against Jalal, in the protests by the Badal group, which caught Badal's eye. Badal became CM. The looters used this time to loot Jalal's property worth hundreds of crores of rupees. It is not appropriate to give full details here.