List of actions by Babbar Khalsa
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This is a list with the major actions of the Terrorist organisationBabbar Khalsa International.
1981
- On November 19, 1981, Police Inspector Pritam Singh Bajwa and Constable Surat Singh of Jalandhar were gunned down. The Punjab Police was looking for Kala Singh and his accomplices, when on the morning of November 19, 1981 an encounter took place at Daheru village in Ludhiana district in which two policemen were killed and all militants hiding in a house of Amarjit Singh Nihang managed to escape. Those who were named in the FIR at that time included Wadhawa Singh (present chief of Babbar Khalsa now based in Pakistan), Talwinder Singh ParmarTalwinder Singh ParmarTalwinder Singh Parmar , born in village Panshta , district Kapurthala, Punjab, India, was a highranking member of the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa. He belonged to the Sikh Rajput community....
, Amarjit Singh Nihang, Amarjit Singh (Head Constable), Sewa Singh (Head Constable) and Gurnam Singh (Head Constable). This is believed to be the first act which gained Babbar KhalsaBabbar KhalsaBabbar Khalsa , also known as Babbar Khalsa International , is a Sikh armed organisation based in India. Many consider the Babbar Khalsa a Resistance movement, and it played a prominent role in the Punjab insurgency. Babbar Khalsa International was created in 1978, after a number of Sikhs were...
and its chief Talwinder Singh ParmarTalwinder Singh ParmarTalwinder Singh Parmar , born in village Panshta , district Kapurthala, Punjab, India, was a highranking member of the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa. He belonged to the Sikh Rajput community....
notoriety.
1985
- On June 23, 1985, the group bombed Air India Flight 182Air India Flight 182Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montreal–London–Delhi route. On 23 June 1985, the airplane operating on the route a Boeing 747-237B named after Emperor Kanishka was blown up by a bomb at an altitude of , and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while in Irish airspace.A...
. Talwinder Singh ParmarTalwinder Singh ParmarTalwinder Singh Parmar , born in village Panshta , district Kapurthala, Punjab, India, was a highranking member of the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa. He belonged to the Sikh Rajput community....
is believed to be the leader of the conspiracy to bomb Air India flights" Only Inderjit Singh Reyat who admitted to building the bomb, was convicted in the Air India bombing. The bombing attack was followed by at least six other terrorist incidents, plots or threats which were linked to Babbar KhalsaBabbar KhalsaBabbar Khalsa , also known as Babbar Khalsa International , is a Sikh armed organisation based in India. Many consider the Babbar Khalsa a Resistance movement, and it played a prominent role in the Punjab insurgency. Babbar Khalsa International was created in 1978, after a number of Sikhs were...
. Five Babbar KhalsaBabbar KhalsaBabbar Khalsa , also known as Babbar Khalsa International , is a Sikh armed organisation based in India. Many consider the Babbar Khalsa a Resistance movement, and it played a prominent role in the Punjab insurgency. Babbar Khalsa International was created in 1978, after a number of Sikhs were...
members from Montreal were arrested May 30th 1986 in another plot to bomb up Air India flights out of New York City. Newspaper editor Tara Singh Hayer was targeted with a bomb at his office in January 1986. Just weeks later, Sikhs from the Hamilton temple along with Air India bombing suspects Talwinder Singh ParmarTalwinder Singh ParmarTalwinder Singh Parmar , born in village Panshta , district Kapurthala, Punjab, India, was a highranking member of the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa. He belonged to the Sikh Rajput community....
and Ajaib Singh Bagri were arrested after being wiretapped discussing blowing up the Parliament and kidnapping children of MPs in India. Visiting Punjabi Cabinet Minister Malkiat Singh SidhuMalkiat Singh SidhuMalkiad Singh Sidhu was the former Planning Minister of Punjab, India. He was a member of the Akali Dal political party. In 1986, he was named Minister of State....
was ambushed in Canada, surviving being shot in March 1986 by four gunmen.
1990
- On January 8, 1990, Khalistan Liberation ForceKhalistan Liberation ForceThe Khalistan Liberation Force or KLF is a militant group, and is part of the Khalistan movement to create a Sikh homeland called Khalistan via armed struggle...
in co-operation with Babbar KhalsaBabbar KhalsaBabbar Khalsa , also known as Babbar Khalsa International , is a Sikh armed organisation based in India. Many consider the Babbar Khalsa a Resistance movement, and it played a prominent role in the Punjab insurgency. Babbar Khalsa International was created in 1978, after a number of Sikhs were...
, killed DSP Gobind Ram in a bomb blast. Gobind Ram was known for inhumanely torturing and killing innocent Sikhs and leading the gang-raping of many SikhSikhA Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
women.
1991
- On September 7, 1991, 8 Babbar KhalsaBabbar KhalsaBabbar Khalsa , also known as Babbar Khalsa International , is a Sikh armed organisation based in India. Many consider the Babbar Khalsa a Resistance movement, and it played a prominent role in the Punjab insurgency. Babbar Khalsa International was created in 1978, after a number of Sikhs were...
militants had an encounter with CRPF soldiers near the village of Moujiya. On the militants side 3 were killed: Khem Singh Babbar, Paramjeet Singh Babbar and Gurmail Singh Babbar. The encounter lasted 24 hours.
1995
- On 31 August 1995, Dilawar Singh BabbarDilawar Singh BabbarDilawar Singh Babbar was a serving police officer in the Punjab Police of India at the time of his becoming a human bomb. He joined Babbar Khalsa International, during his service in the Punjab Police and volunteered to become a suicide bomber to assassinate Beant Singh, the Chief Minister of...
assassinated Punjab Chief Minister Beant SinghBeant Singh (chief minister)Beant Singh was an Indian Chief Minister of Punjab from 1992 to 1995. Singh was a Sikh, and a member of the Congress Party....
in a suicide bomb attack at the civil secretariat in ChandigarhChandigarhChandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
. Dilawar claimed allegiance to the Babbar Khalsa and four other members of the Babbar Khalsa were named responsible for the killing of Beant Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab and accused of notoriety and leading fake encounters. The organization claimed that Beant Singh was a traitor to the Sikh community.