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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh
| chairman = [[Sant Fateh Singh]]
| foundation = 1962
| dissolution= November 1967
| merged = [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
}}
'''Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh''' was one of several hard-line splinter groups founded by [[Sant Fateh Singh]]. Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh was formed in 1962. It is led by [[Sant Fateh Singh]]. The party was a [[Sikh]]-centered [[political party]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. The party was created due to disagreement between [[Master Tara Singh]] and [[Sant Fateh Singh]]. The party gained control of the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]] in October 1962. In the Gurdwara elections in January 1965, the party annexed 90 of the seats, while Master Tara Singh's party could manage only 45. In 1967 during [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] election Party got 24 seats and with the support of other Parties and Independents under the leadership of [[Gurnam Singh]] formed the government but resigned when merged with [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] in November 1967<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xH3p7kV97AC|title=Akali Dal in Punjab Politics: Splits and Mergers|first=Dr Kuldeep|last=Kaur|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=9788176291286|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.learnpunjabi.org/eos/FATEH%20SINGH%20SANT%20(1911-1972).html|title=FATEH SIṄGH, SANT (1911-1972)|publisher=learnpunjabi.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/punjabistate.html|title=Agitation for State of Punjab|work=sikh-history.com|access-date=18 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826182520/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/punjabistate.html|archive-date=26 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jarnail-singh-bhindranwale-congress-sanjay-gandhi-zail-singh/1/204348.html|title=How Congress invented a sant|work=intoday.in}}</ref>

The party was able to win three seats in [[1967 Indian general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-06-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |archivedate=2014-07-18 }}</ref>

==Chief Minister ==
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|-
! №
! Name
! Portrait
! colspan=3|Term of office<ref name="pg5">page v of [http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/images/docs/compendium_doc.pdf Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium].Retrieved on 25 September 2018.</ref> <br>(Assembly election)
!style="width:10%;" colspan=2| Party<br />{{small|(coalition with)}}
! Appointed by {{small|(Governor)}}
|-
|bgcolor=#FF8000 rowspan=3| 6
| rowspan=3|[[Gurnam Singh]]<br>{{small|([[Qila Raipur (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)|Qila Raipur]])}}
| rowspan=3|
| 8 March 1967
| 25 November 1967
| {{age in years and days|1967|03|08|1967|11|25}}
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#FF8000"|
| rowspan=2|[[Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh]]<br />{{small|([[Samyukta Vidhayak Dal|SVD]]-[[Communist Party of India|CPI]])}}
| [[Dharma Vira]]
|-
|}
== References ==

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[[Category:Political parties in Punjab, India]]
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[[Category:Political schisms]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in East Punjab]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1962]]
[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal]]

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Akali Dal Sant Fateh Singh - Revision history

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