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'''Harlal Singh''' was a campaigner in the farmers' movement of [[colonial India]], described by Richard Sisson as "the single most important [[Jat]] leader in [[Shekhawati]]." Recruited to politics by the [[Jat Mahasabha]], he remained a member of that organisation from 1925 to 1929, at which time many people left it. There were growing concerns that the Mahasabha, which had been created by the [[British Raj]] administration, was being used by the Raj as a means of pacifying the Jat people by at once affirming their community's position in society but also preventing change. Later, in the 1940s, Singh served as president of an urban-based political protest movement, called the ''[[Praja Mandal]]'', and was an important conduit between the urban and agrarian communities in their efforts seeking [[independence of India]]. Post-independence, and with the ''Praja Mandals'' now a part of the [[Indian National Congress]], he was appointed by the [[Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee]] as their organiser in the former [[princely state]] of [[Jaipur State|Jaipur]].{{sfnp|Sisson|1966|pp=951, 953|ps=}}

== References ==
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* {{citation |first=J. Richard |last=Sisson |title=Institutionalization and Style in Rajasthan politics |journal=Asian Survey |volume=6 |issue=11 |date=November 1966 |pages=605–613 |jstor=2642283 |doi=10.2307/2642283}} {{subscription required}}{{subscription required}}
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== Further reading ==
*{{cite journal |title=Peasant Movements and Political Mobilization: The Jats of Rajasthan |first=Richard |last=Sisson |journal=Asian Survey |volume=9 |issue=12 |date=December 1969 |pages=946–963 |jstor=264256 |doi=10.2307/2642561}}

[[Category:Rajasthani people]]
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