AMRIK SINGH, BHAI

Bhai Amrik Singh (1948 – 7.6.1984) was the son of (Giani) Kartar Singh Bhindranwale, the chief of Bhindran-Mehta Jatha. He had passed his M.A. in Punjabi from Khalsa College at Amritsar. After this he began research work for his Ph.D. thesis. He was well versed in Gurbani and Sikh literature. He devoted whole of his life for Sikh missionary activities. He was elected the President of the Sikhs Students’ Federation’ on July 2, 1978. In 1979, he contested the election to the S.G.P.C. from Beas constituency. The Punjab Government used all illegitimate means to defeat him. In 1982, he was arrested on false charges but was released in 1984. On June 4, 1984, when the Indian army invaded Darbar Sahib, he fought bravely. He embraced martyrdom on June 6, 1984.

(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)