Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala

Background

Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala was born in the village of Budhsinghwala, District Faridkot in the year of 1964.

Career

He and fellow KLF members were known as freedom fighters among the people who supported the Khalistan Movement. He belonged to Sethi Jat Gotra and his family consisted of farmers. He was a religious person.

He met Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale numerous times.

Khalistan Liberation Force was established by Aroor Singh and Sukhvinder Singh Babbar in 1986. Budhsinghwala gained command of a faction of KLF. Actions

India Today"s, Volume 17 mentioned that Budhsinghwala was responsible for the killings and injury of key police officers and politicians.

According to a police report, Budhsinghwala was killed by police on July 29, 1992 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. The firefight took several hours.

After Budhsinghwala"s death, Doctor Pritam Singh Sekhon succeeded him as head of the KLF.

Achievements

• At the time of his death he was said to be wanted by Indian Government in 37 accomplished actions against India.

Politics

His death anniversaries are regularly observed in North America, Europe and India by various political parties.