Sardul Singh Kavishar (1886–1963) was an Indian newspaper editor, and a major figure in theIndian independence movement. Born inAmritsar,^[1][2] he was the second president of theAll India Forward Bloc.

Educated in Lahore, Kavishar began his public career in 1913, when he launched the English-language newspaperSikh Review. An early article in theSikh Review criticized the demolition of an external city wall during the construction of New Delhi, as the wall had been part of a historic Sikhgurdwara. This led to widespreadSikh agitation until the outbreak of theFirst World War, at which point that particular issue was considered to be of lessened priority. After the war Kavishar renewed his calls for action, with the result that he was expelled from Delhi. He moved to Lahore and began another newspaper, theNew Herald. In 1919, he was arrested and imprisoned for writing against theRowlatt Act. He was also the founding member ofCentral Sikh League.

In 1921, he issued a public call for 100 Sikh volunteers to rebuild the gurdwara's demolished wall, at the cost of their lives if need be. 700 volunteers (including Kavishar himself) turned out. However, before they could leave Lahore for Delhi, word arrived that the Delhi city government had rebuilt the wall. The next month, he was arrested, charged withsedition, and imprisoned for four years for having written about a massacre of Sikh reformists.

In 1933, he became acting president of the Congress after his predecessor was arrested for participating incivil disobedience. In 1935, he openly opposed the Congress's participation in theGovernment of India Act, and in 1937 chose to resign his membership in the party after they accepted office in the provinces where they had earned a majority.

In 1939, he joinedSubhas Chandra Bose'sAll India Forward Bloc faction; when Bose left India in 1941, Kavishar became the Bloc's president. As a result, he was arrested, and imprisoned for four years.

When the All India Forward Bloc split in 1948, soon after it had been reorganized, Sardul Singh Kavishar sided with theanti-Marxist group led byR.S. Ruiker. At its conference, Kavishar was elected president ofForward Bloc (Ruiker). Soon thereafter, as Ruiker's party dwindled, Kavishar retired from active politics.

• 1886 births
• 1963 deaths
• Punjabi Sikhs
• All India Forward Bloc politicians
• Indian independence activists from Punjab Province (British India)
• Politicians from Amritsar
• 20th-century Indian politicians
• Writers from British India

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