Explanation:

Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957), most prominent among the modern Punjabi litterateurs, was the main source of inspiration and the brain behind the Singh Sabha Movement. Some of the leading institutions that brought about this renaissance included the Chief Khalsa Diwan, Sikh Educational Society, Khalsa College, Amritsar and the Punjab & Sind Bank. They all owe their origin to Bhai Vir Singh. Bhai Vir Singh established the Khalsa Tract Society and the Wazir-e-Hind Press and founded a Punjabi weekly, the Khalsa Samachar, which completed its centenary in 1999. In a survey conducted by the leading daily, Hindustan Times, to find out who is most influential Sikh of the twentieth century, Bhai Vir Singh emerged as the clear favourite. As part of the tercentenary celebration of the Khalsa, the Government of Punjab honoured Bhai Vir Singh with the Nishan-i-Khalsa.