Nirankari spiritual leader Baba #HardevSingh ji  died in a car accident in Canada’s #Montreal.

#Canada / #Montreal : Baba Hardev Singh, leader of the Nirankari sect or Sant Nirankari Mission, passed away on Friday.

Baba Hardev Singh died in a car accident in Canada’s Montreal.

Here are a few things you should know about him and the sect:

Nirankari spiritual leader Baba Hardev Singh dies in road accident in Canada

– Baba Hardev Singh was born on February 23, 1954 in Delhi.

– He did his early schooling at Rosary Public School, Sant Nirankari Colony, Delhi.

– Post schooling, he studied at the Delhi University.

– Baba Hardev Singh joined the Nirankari Sewa Dal as its primary member in 1971.

– He had married Savinder Kaur in 1975 during the annual Nirankari Sant Samagam in Delhi.

– He succeeded as the leader or “Satguru” of the Nirankari sect following the assassination of his father, who was the head at that time, in 1980.

– Sant Nirankari Mission was established in 1929 by Baba Buta Singh.

– The Mission shifted its base to Delhi from West Punjab, after the Partition in 1947.