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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Babu Karam Singh Bal
| native_name = ਬਾਬੂ ਕਰਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਬੱਲ
| image = Babu Karam Singh Bal.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Babu Karam Singh in 1989
| birth_name = Karam Singh Bal
| birth_date = c. 1901
| birth_place = [[Sathiala]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1992|10|07|}} (aged 66)
| death_place = [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
| other_names =
| known_for =
| spouse = Bibi Sawinder Kaur
| profession = [[Sarpanch]]<br>[[Politician]]<br>Manager of [[Gurdwara Baba Bakala Sahib|Baba Bakala Sahib]]<br>Chairman of Sathiala College
}}
'''Babu Karam Singh Bal''' (c. 1927 – 7 October 1992) was an [[India]]n politician for the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] party and the [[sarpanch]] for the town of [[Sathiala]] in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]. In addition, Bal was the manager of [[Gurdwara Baba Bakala Sahib]] under the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee|SGPC]] for 38 years.

Babu Karam Singh was also the [[chairman]] of Sathiala College and led various committees within the institution.

==Personal life==
Karam Singh Bal was born to Sawan Singh and Tej Kaur around the year 1901 in [[Sathiala]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]], into a [[Sikh]] family. He had three brothers and two sisters, out of which he was the third youngest.
Despite being raised in Sathiala, Bal eventually relocated to [[Baba Bakala]] later on in life as he was appointed as the manager of [[Gurdwara Baba Bakala Sahib]].

Babu Karam Singh had a wide range of interests including reading novels, current affairs and he was also an avid chess player. He also had a passion for writing classical poetry (mainly [[Ghazal]]s).

==Education==
Babu Karam Singh went to college in [[Lahore]] prior to the [[partition of India]]. Babu Karam Singh never pursued further education, as at the time universities were often distant and in large cities such as [[Delhi University|Delhi]] or [[Mumbai University|Mumbai]], thus being inaccessible.

==Politics==

Throughout the entirety of his career, Babu Karam Singh was a member of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] party. Hence, Bal had many companions within the party such as [[Harcharan Singh Longowal]], [[Parkash Singh Badal]], [[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]] and [[Jiwan Singh Umranangal]].
In the 1980s, Karam Singh was offered a seat to be an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for the [[Beas, Punjab|Beas]] constituency, however he never went on to take part in the elections, yet he remained a prominent figure in the politics of the region.

==Philanthropy==
Babu Karam Singh was also recognised for carrying out much [[Charity (practice)|charity work]] within the areas surrounding [[Baba Bakala]]. He gave many unemployed people places to work and also paid for the education of children whose parents could not afford to do so. He was overall a keen humanitarian.

==Memorial==
In memory of Babu Karam Singh Bal, a pillar has been erected on Batala Road in [[Sathiala]]. It is built at the location where his funeral took place in 1992.

[[File:BKSB Pillar.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The memorial built in honour of Karam Singh]]

[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal politicians]]
[[Category:1920s births]]
[[Category:1992 deaths]]

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