Gurbachan Singh of the Sant Nirankari sect.png

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Description	Gurbachan Singh, third guru of the Sant Nirankari sect.
Author or copyright owner	Unknown photographer
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Published by Sant Nirankari sect Immediate source: https://archive.org/details/podcast_nirankari-baba-gurbachan-ji-di_chandigarh-discourse-by-baba_1000372981466
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Gurbachan Singh
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Subject lived relatively recently so copyright still valid on existing photographs. Attempts to find photographs in the public domain online failed.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Will only be used on biographical article of person in-quesiton.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Purposefully lowered the resolution of image and it will be used in a biographical article about a former leader of the sect.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 24 April 1980
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Gurbachan Singh//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gurbachan_Singh_of_the_Sant_Nirankari_sect.pngtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:04, 6 September 2022		267 × 373 (62 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	19:29, 4 September 2022	No thumbnail	300 × 419 (84 KB)	MaplesyrupSushi (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

Image width	500 px
Image height	699 px
Horizontal resolution	118.11 dpi
Vertical resolution	118.11 dpi

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