The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal (SHSAD) was a

Sikh Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Si ...

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, formed after a split in the

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Eternal Party'') is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are ma ...

. The party was led by

Gurcharan Singh Tohra Panth Rattan Shiri Gurcharan Singh Tohra (24 September 1924 – 1 April 2004) was a president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), a Sikh body in charge of controlling Gurdwara (Sikh places of worship). He died of a heart attack i ...

. SHSAD was founded by Tohra after he was expelled by the SAD Political Affairs Committee on May 14, 1999. SHSAD was officially constituted on May 30, 1999. The party contested the 1999 Lok Sabha election and won 4.15% of the vote in Punjab. All in all the party had fielded 7 candidates in Punjab. SHSAD contested the 2002 Punjab

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election as a constituent of the Panthic Morcha, an alliance of Sikh parties. Tohra reconciled with SAD in 2003. A unity declaration between Tohra and the SAD leader

Parkash Singh Badal Parkash Singh Badal (8 December 1927 – 25 April 2023) was an Indian politician and Sikh rights advocate who served as the 8th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017, the longes ...

was signed in

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on June 13, 2003.''The Tribune''.
Badal, Tohra factions unite - Loyalists not taken into confidence
' Whilst SHSAD had been unsuccessful in winning seats in elections, the SAD-SHSAD split influenced elections by dividing the Akali vote and enabling the

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to win elections in Punjab. After the merger of SHSAD and SAD, SAD emerged victorious in the 2004 Lok Sabha election in Punjab.

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{{Sikh politics Political parties established in 1999 Sikh political parties Regionalist parties in India * 1999 establishments in India Defunct political parties in Punjab, India

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