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Hardeep Singh Nijjar (11 October 1977 – 18 June 2023) was a Canadian Sikh involved with the Khalistan movement, which calls for an independent Sikh state. [3] [4]Born in India, Nijjar emigrated to Canada in the mid-1990s. [5]
On 18 June 2023, Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in the parking lot of a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia. Nijjar was allegedly the head of two pro-Khalistan organisations in Canada, and had been accused by the Indian Government of orchestrating targeted killings in India, for which it unsuccessfully sought his extradition. [159]
According to The Globe and Mail, the early 2000s witnessed the declining influence of pro Khalistan Sikhs within Surrey's milieu, and the issue became a taboo.Nijjar, upon being elected head of the temple, set out to lift this taboo and introduced various Khalistan symbols and portraits of Sikh militants within the building.
Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) is a militant outfit of the Khalistan movement.In February 2023, it was designated as a terrorist organization by the Government of India. [1]In May 2023, India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two wanted persons at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, who allegedly were close aides of KTF's Arshdeep Singh, an "individual designated terrorist ...
Another said Nijjar was an “uplifting soul” and a “legend”. Indy Nijjar, star of Come Dine with Me, has died aged 50 (Channel 4) “He helped so many people from all walks of life.
Surinder Singh Nijjar (7 June 1949 – 26 March 2021) was a British-Indian judge of the Supreme Court of India. Post-retirement, Nijjar practised as an arbitrator . Prior to his elevation as judge, Nijjar was a Senior Advocate and practised at the Punjab and Haryana High Court .
Extracts in The History of India as Told by its own Historians. The Posthumous Papers of the Late Sir H. M. Elliot. John Dowson, ed. 1st ed. 1867. 2nd ed., Calcutta: Susil Gupta, 1956, vol. 21. 1. Overview The Tarikh-i Firishta is a very well known text. It is a general history of India, largely based upon earlier Persian historical works.
According to the Indian government's figures, Bhindranwale's militants had killed 165 Hindus and 39 Sikhs between August 1982 and June 1984. [259] According to an April 1984 Washington Post report, more than 100 people were killed in Punjab between mid-February and April 1984, and more than 300 people died in Sikh-Hindu violence in the past 20 ...