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The founder of this establishment was Sant Baba Amir Singh. He was succeeded by Baba Bishan Singh and Sant Prem Singh respectively. This establishment was situated in the Kharian Tehsil of Gujrat District (now in Pakistan). Upto the beginning of the twentieth century, this DERA was under the control of the Arora Sikhs. But in 1908 Sant Prem Singh, a prominent Lubana Sikh was nominated as head of this establishment by Baba Bishan Singh. Under the guidance of Sant Prem Singh, this establishment became very significant. It had about 60 rooms and provided accommodation to about 200 persons.
The management of the establishment was in the hands of its head. Various duties were assigned to different persons by him. The income was mainly from land and offerings. The succession in the earlier days was according to virtues and capability. But after 1950 it became hereditary.
The daily programmes of the DERA included the recitationof ASA DI WAR and REHRAS by a RAGI JATHA in the presence os a large gathering. On special occassions big DIWANS were held. Such functions were attended by KIRTAN JATHAS, lecturers, PARCHARAKS and important leaders. LANGAR was served. Special arrangement was made for AMRIT, PRACHAR. The DERA had ten persons especially for this task.
Dera Morala Sahib played an important role for spreading education and eradicating social evils in the Lubana community.
2. Dera Hoti Mardan
The DERA was established by Baba Karam Singh in 1860 at Kala-Pani near Hoti Mardan in Peshawar district (NWFP). It became popular by the name of Hoti Mardan. It had 500 acres of land. The income was mainly from land and offerings.
The management of the establishment was directly under the control of a SANT who was second-in-command. He assigned all the duties to different persons.
The successions to the headship of the DERA was on the basis of merits. Baba Karam Singh was succeeded by Baba Aya Singh, Baba Ram Singh and Baba Majha Singh, in this order. In 1937, this establishment came under the guidance of Baba Majha Singh, who belonged to the Lubana community. This establishment did a lot to eradicate the social evils like untouchability, PURDAH and intoxications. LANGAR and KIRTAN were the daily programmes.
After partition of the country in 1947 this DERA was shifted to Maksudpur in the present Kapurthala district. Nowadays this DERA is rendering very valuable services to the Lubana community through education and social reforms.
