What did Jarnail Singh do?

Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (Punjabi: [d͡ʒəɾnɛːlᵊ sɪ́ŋɡᵊ pɪ̀ɳɖrãːʋaːɭe]; born Jarnail Singh Brar; 12 February 1947 – 6 June 1984) was the fourteenth jathedar, or leader, of the prominent orthodox Sikh religious institution Damdami Taksal. Over time Bhindranwale grew to be a leader of Sikh militancy.

Is Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale alive?

Deceased (1947–1984)
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale/Living or Deceased

When did Sant Bhindranwale died?

June 6, 1984
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale/Date of death
Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, original name Jarnail Singh, (born 1947, Rodey [or Rode], India—died June 6, 1984, Amritsar), Sikh religious leader and political revolutionary whose violent campaign for autonomy for the Sikh state of Punjab and armed occupation of the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) complex in …

Was Bhindranwale married?

Pritam Kaurm. 1966–1984
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale/Spouse

How old was Jarnail Singh when he married Pritam?

Jarnail Singh was the seventh of seven brothers and one sister. He was put into a school in 1953 at the age of 6 but he dropped out of school five years later to work with his father on the farm. He married Pritam Kaur, the daughter of Sucha Singh of Bilaspur at the age of nineteen.

Where did Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale go to school?

The Logo of the Damdami Taksal, reads ‘the Shabdis forged in the True mint’ in Punjabi (Gurmukhi). In 1965, he was enrolled by his father at the Damdami Taksalalso known as Bhindran Taksal, a religious school near Moga, Punjab, named after the village of Bhindran Kalan where its leader Gurbachan Singh Bhindranwale lived.

When did the Indian Army remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale?

In June 1984 Operation Blue Starwas carried out by the Indian Armyto remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers from the buildings of the Harmandir Sahibin the Golden Temple Complex,[22]which resulted in an official tally of 493 combined militant and civilian casualties, including that of Bhindranwale. [23]