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This was done sometimes with the threat of force. Sometimes the transfer went peacefully especially in the case of smaller Gurdwaras with less income resources. A jatha under the command of a jathedar would occupy a shrine and try to take over management in its favor from its current incumbents. The primary purpose of a jatha was to gain control over local gurdwaras. Starting in late 1920, a large number of reformers both in urban and rural Punjab had joined to form separate and independent religious orders called jathas. The Committee began to take over management of gurdwaras one by one, and were resisted by incumbent mahants. The formation of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee provided a focal point for the movement for the reformation of Sikh religious places. He was one of the 175 members elected to the committee. By that time Master Tara Singh had started taking interest in Sikh religious affairs. Harbans Singh Attari became vice president and Sunder Singh Ramgarhia became secretary of the committee. The members of the government appointed committee were also included in it.
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Sikhs held their scheduled meeting and elected a bigger committee consisting of 175 members and named it Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Two days before the proposed conference the British government set up its own committee consisting of 36 Sikhs to manage the Harimandir Sahib. The purpose of this assembly was to elect a representative committee of the Sikhs to administer the Harimandir Sahib Complex and other important historical gurdwaras. In 1920 the emerging Akali leadership summoned a general assembly of the Sikhs holding all shades of opinion on 15 November 1920 in vicinity of the Akal Takht in Amritsar.