Background
Barkat was born at Kaniya village near Shahkot in Jalandhar district in 1946.
Barkat was born at Kaniya village near Shahkot in Jalandhar district in 1946.
He is a cousin of Puran Shah Koti. Barkat Sidhu died of cancer in a hospital in Ludhiana on 17 August 2014. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had directed the authorities of the private hospital in Ludhiana, where Barkat was admitted, to provide him treatment at free of cost.
He died in the presence of his friends and family.