Editing Jathedar Baba Teja Singh (section)

==Role During the Gurdwara Reform Era==

Historical and oral accounts place Baba Teja Singh at the spiritual center of Sikh affairs during the Gurdwara Reform Movement of the early 20th century.
Leaders of the reform movement, including Teja Singh Samundri, Teja Singh Puchar, and Khark Singh, are said to have visited him for blessings and guidance during key disputes such as the Nankana Sahib Gurdwara conflict.

In one widely repeated tradition, when the British officer overseeing the Nankana Sahib dispute placed the keys to the gurdwara on the table, Baba Teja Singh was asked to take them.
He reportedly picked up the keys and handed them to Khark Singh, advising him to safeguard the honor of the Guru Panth — a symbolic gesture demonstrating the Nihang commitment to Khalsa sovereignty.