Ram Singh
Satguru Ram Singh (February 3, 1816) was a religious leader and social reformer[citation needed] and the first Indian to use non-cooperation and boycotting of British merchandise and services as a political weapon. Satguru Ram Singh launched his revolt against the British on 12 April 1857 by hoisting a white flag of freedom and announced a programme of far reaching significance. He is the 12th Guru of Namdhari Sikhs.
He called for the people to boycott government services[citation needed], boycott British run educational institutions and law courts, boycott foreign made goods and defy British laws. He was the originator of the nonviolent[citation needed] and civil disobedience movement in Punjab India in 1857.
Satguru Ram Singh's fight for independence was a turning point in world history for it eventually sounded the death-knell of colonial rule in the British empire. Mahatma Gandhi later used the concepts of non-cooperation and civil disobedience propounded by Satguru Ram Singh as political weapons against the British[citation needed]. His ideas played a key part in securing India's Independence from the British.
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