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	'''Boota Singh''' sometimes spelled as '''Buta Singh''', was a [[Sikh]] ex-soldier of the British Army who served at the [[Burma]] front under the command of [[Lord Mountbatten]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="ti">{{cite web \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr17/saturday/head6.htm \|title=Silver lining in the clouds of Partition \|website=TribuneIndia.com \|publisher=[[Tribune India]] \|date=17 April 1999 \|accessdate= 26 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> He is very well known in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] for his tragic love story with Zainab, a [[Muslim]] girl he rescued during the communal riots in the time of [[partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name="ti"/> Both fell in love and got married. Later, being a Muslim, Zainab is deported and sent to the newly born Pakistan. Boota illegally enters Pakistan and when the girl backed off under the pressure from her family, he commits suicide by jumping before an upcoming train near [[Shahdara Bagh\|Shahdara]] station in Pakistan along with his daughter but she survived.<ref name="j">{{cite web \|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm \|title=Shaheed-e-Muhabbat \|website=Jang.com.pk \|publisher=Jang \|date=30 May 2010 \|accessdate=26 July 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316084209/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm \|archivedate=16 March 2014 }}</ref>		'''Boota Singh''' sometimes spelled as '''Buta Singh''', was a [[Sikh]] ex-soldier of the British Army who served at the [[Burma]] front under the command of [[Lord Mountbatten]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="ti">{{cite web \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr17/saturday/head6.htm \|title=Silver lining in the clouds of Partition \|website=TribuneIndia.com \|publisher=[[Tribune India]] \|date=17 April 1999 \|accessdate= 26 July 2013}}</ref> He is very well known in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] for his tragic love story with Zainab, a [[Muslim]] girl he rescued during the communal riots in the time of [[partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name="ti"/> Both fell in love and got married. Later, being a Muslim, Zainab is deported and sent to the newly born Pakistan. Boota illegally enters Pakistan and when the girl backed off under the pressure from her family, he commits suicide by jumping before an upcoming train near [[Shahdara Bagh\|Shahdara]] station in Pakistan along with his daughter but she survived.<ref name="j">{{cite web \|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm \|title=Shaheed-e-Muhabbat \|website=Jang.com.pk \|publisher=Jang \|date=30 May 2010 \|accessdate=26 July 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316084209/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm \|archivedate=16 March 2014 }}</ref>

	The love story of Singh's life is widely adapted in films and books on both sides of the border. A [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] film [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]] (1999) is entirely based on the story.<ref name="ti"/> Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel, Muhabbat, based on the story. The story also influenced many other films including a 2007 Canadian film [[Partition (2007 film)\|Partition]]<ref name="ti"/> and a 2001 Bollywood film [[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha\|Gadar]] and the 2004 Bollywood film [[Veer Zaara]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/religious-protests-against-period-film-gadar-put-free-speech-on-the-boil/1/230620.html\|title=Religious protests against period film Gadar put free speech on the boil\|publisher=India Today}}</ref>		The love story of Singh's life is widely adapted in films and books on both sides of the border. A [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] film [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]] (1999) is entirely based on the story.<ref name="ti"/> Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel, Muhabbat, based on the story. The story also influenced many other films including a 2007 Canadian film [[Partition (2007 film)\|Partition]]<ref name="ti"/> and a 2001 Bollywood film [[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha\|Gadar]] and the 2004 Bollywood film [[Veer Zaara]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/religious-protests-against-period-film-gadar-put-free-speech-on-the-boil/1/230620.html\|title=Religious protests against period film Gadar put free speech on the boil\|publisher=India Today}}</ref>

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	~~\| birth_name = Boota Singh~~
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	\| birth_place = Jalandhar district, British Punjab		\| birth_place = [[Jalandhar district]], [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab]], [[British Raj\|British India]]
	\| death_date = February ~~19,~~ 1957		\| death_date = 19 February 1957
	\| death_place = Shahdara, [[Pakistan]]		\| death_place = [[Shahdara Bagh\|Shahdara]], [[Pakistan]]
	\| other_names = [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]]<br~~><small~~>(lit. Martyr-in-Love Boota Singh)~~</small>~~		\| other_names = [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]]<br>(lit. Martyr-in-Love Boota Singh)
	\| spouse = [[Zainab Singh\|Zainab]]		\| spouse = [[Zainab Singh\|Zainab]]
	\| children = Tanveer Kaur (later Sultana)		\| children = Tanveer Kaur (later Sultana)
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	'''Boota Singh''' ~~([[Gurmukhi]]: ਬੂਟਾ ਸਿੰਘ; [[Shahmukhi]]: بوٹا سنگھ),~~ sometimes spelled as '''Buta Singh''', was a [[Sikh]] soldier in the British Army~~. He~~ served in [[Burma]] during [[World War II]]~~, under the command of Lord Mountbatten~~.<ref name="ti">{{cite web \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr17/saturday/head6.htm \|title=Silver lining in the clouds of Partition \|publisher=[[Tribune India]] \|date=April ~~17,~~ 1999 \|accessdate= July ~~29, 2013~~}}</ref> He is very well known in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]~~. He is famous~~ for his tragic love story with Zainab, a [[Muslim]] girl ~~who~~ he rescued ~~from~~ the riots ~~during~~ the [[partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name="ti"/>		'''Boota Singh''' sometimes spelled as '''Buta Singh''', was a [[Sikh]] ex-soldier of the British Army who served at the [[Burma]] front under the command of [[Lord Mountbatten]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="ti">{{cite web \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr17/saturday/head6.htm \|title=Silver lining in the clouds of Partition \|website=TribuneIndia.com \|publisher=[[Tribune India]] \|date=17 April 1999 \|accessdate= 26 July 2022}}</ref> He is very well known in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] for his tragic love story with Zainab, a [[Muslim]] girl he rescued during the communal riots in the time of [[partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name="ti"/> Both fell in love and got married. Later, being a Muslim, Zainab is deported and sent to the newly born Pakistan. Boota illegally enters Pakistan and when the girl backed off under the pressure from her family, he commits suicide by jumping before an upcoming train near [[Shahdara Bagh\|Shahdara]] station in Pakistan along with his daughter but she survived.<ref name="j">{{cite web \|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm \|title=Shaheed-e-Muhabbat \|website=Jang.com.pk \|publisher=Jang \|date=30 May 2010 \|accessdate=26 July 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316084209/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm \|archivedate=16 March 2014 }}</ref>

	~~== Love~~ story ==		The love story of Singh's life is widely adapted in films and books on both sides of the border. A [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] film [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]] (1999) is entirely based on the story.<ref name="ti"/> Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel, Muhabbat, based on the story. The story also influenced many other films including a 2007 Canadian film [[Partition (2007 film)\|Partition]]<ref name="ti"/> and a 2001 Bollywood film [[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha\|Gadar]] and the 2004 Bollywood film [[Veer Zaara]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/religious-protests-against-period-film-gadar-put-free-speech-on-the-boil/1/230620.html\|title=Religious protests against period film Gadar put free speech on the boil\|publisher=India Today}}</ref>
	~~Both fell~~ in ~~love~~ and ~~got married~~. ~~Later, Zainab was deported~~ (~~sent back~~) ~~to Pakistan~~. ~~Boota illegally entered Pakistan to find her. Zainab stayed away from him due to pressure from her family. Because of this~~, ~~he killed himself by jumping in front of a moving train near Shahdara railway station in Pakistan. He did this with his daughter~~, ~~but she survived~~.<ref name="j">{{cite web \|url=http://~~jang~~.~~com~~.pk/~~thenews~~/~~may2010~~-~~weekly/nos~~-30-05-~~2010/she.htm \|title=Shaheed~~-e-~~Muhabbat \|publisher=Jang \|date=May 30, 2010 \|accessdate=26 July 2013 \|archive~~-~~date=16 March 2014 \|archive~~-~~url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316084209/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010~~-~~weekly/nos~~-30-~~05-2010~~/~~she~~.~~htm~~ \|~~url-status~~=~~dead~~ }}</ref>

	The love story of Singh's life has been adapted to movies and books, from both India and Pakistan. A [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] movie ''[[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]]'' (1999) is entirely based on the story.<ref name=~~"ti"/> Ishrat Rahmani wrote a book, ''Muhabbat'', based on the story. The story also influenced many other movies including ''Partition'', a Hollywood movie from 2007.<ref name~~=~~"ti"/>~~		==Burial==

	~~== Personal life ==~~		In his suicide note, Singh expressed his last wish to be buried in Barki village where [[Zainab Singh\|Zainab]]'s parents resettled after partition. The autopsy of Singh's body was conducted in a hospital in [[Lahore]] and was taken to the village on 22 February 1957 for burial but the villagers did not allow that and Singh was buried at [[Miani Sahib Graveyard\|Miani Sahib]], the largest graveyard of Lahore.<ref name="d">{{cite web \|url=http://x.dawn.com/2013/01/14/shaheed-and-shahdara-ii/ \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130726163911/http://x.dawn.com/2013/01/14/shaheed-and-shahdara-ii/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=26 July 2013 \|title=Shaheed and Shahdara – I \|website=Dawn.com \|publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)\|Dawn]] \|date=14 January 2013 \|accessdate=26 July 2013 }}</ref>
	Singh ~~lived~~ in a village ~~of Jalandhar district in~~ [[~~Punjab (British India)~~\|~~British Punjab~~]]. ~~When he returned home from fighting~~ in [[~~Burma~~]]~~, his youth~~ was ~~over. All his friends were married with their own families,~~ but ~~he was still~~ not ~~married. He found no woman to marry him. Once a trader offered to sell~~ Singh ~~a bride from~~ [[~~Uttar Pradesh~~]] ~~or [[Bihar]] for rupees 2000~~/-. ~~From this day onward, he started saving all his money for the~~ [[~~dowry~~]].

	~~His uncle and cousins were wanting him to die unmarried, so that they could inherit his share of the family's land.~~		==In popular culture==

	~~== Burial ==~~		In 1999, [[Manoj Punj]] directed a [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] feature film, [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]], entirely based on the life story of Boota Singh.<ref name="ti"/> The movie stars [[Gurdas Maan]] as Boota Singh and [[Divya Dutta]] as Zainab. The music was composed by [[Amar Haldipur]]. It was an international hit and won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi]] at the [[46th National Film Awards]] and was also screened at many national and international film festivals including the 1999 [[Vancouver International Film Festival]] and [[International Film Festival of India]]. Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel on the love story, titled Muhabbat. The story is also have some details in an English book, [[Freedom at Midnight]] by [[Larry Collins (writer)\|Larry Collins]] and [[Dominique Lapierre]] and also influenced a 2007 Hollywood film, [[Partition (2007 film)\|Partition]], written by [[Patrica Finn]] and [[Vic Sarin]], starring [[Jimi Mistry]] and [[Kristin Kreuk]] in lead roles.
	In ~~his suicide note~~, ~~Singh expressed his last wish to be buried as~~ a ~~Muslim in Noorpur village near Barki. This is where~~ [[~~Zainab~~ Singh~~\|Zainab~~]]~~'s parents had resettled after~~ the ~~Partition~~. The [[~~autopsy~~]] of Singh~~'s body~~ was ~~done in an hospital in~~ [[~~Lahore~~]]. It was ~~taken to~~ the ~~village on 22 February 1957~~ for ~~burial. However,~~ the ~~villagers did not allow him to be buried there. Instead, Singh~~ was ~~buried~~ at [[~~Miani Sahib Graveyard~~]] of ~~Lahore~~.~~<ref name="d">{{cite web~~ \|~~url=http://x.dawn.com/2013/01/14/shaheed-~~and~~-shahdara-ii/ \|title=Shaheed~~ and ~~Shahdara – I \|publisher=~~[[~~Dawn~~ (~~newspaper~~)\|~~Dawn~~]] ~~\|date= January 14~~, ~~2013 \|accessdate= July 26~~, ~~2013}}</ref>~~

	~~== In popular culture ==~~		==References==
	In 1999, Manoj Punj directed a [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] feature movie, ''[[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]]'', entirely based on the life story of Boota Singh.<ref name="ti"/> The movie stars [[Gurdas Maan]] as Boota Singh and [[Divya Dutta]] as Zainab. The music was composed by Amar Haldipur. It was a success internationally. It won the ''National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi'' at the 46th [[National Film Awards]]. It was also shown at many national and international [[movie festival]]s, including the 1999 [[Vancouver International Film Festival]] and the [[International Film Festival of India]]. Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel on the love story, titled ''Muhabbat''. The story also featured in an English book, ''Freedom at Midnight'', by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre.

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			\| birth_name = Boota Singh
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	\| birth_place = [[Jalandhar district]], ~~[[Punjab Province (~~British ~~India)\|~~Punjab~~]], [[British Raj\|British India]]~~		\| birth_place = Jalandhar district, British Punjab
	\| death_date = 19 ~~February~~ 1957		\| death_date = February 19, 1957
	\| death_place = ~~[[Shahdara Bagh\|~~Shahdara]], [[Pakistan]]		\| death_place = Shahdara, [[Pakistan]]
	\| other_names = [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]]<br>(lit. Martyr-in-Love Boota Singh)		\| other_names = [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]]<br><small>(lit. Martyr-in-Love Boota Singh)</small>
	\| spouse = [[Zainab Singh\|Zainab]]		\| spouse = [[Zainab Singh\|Zainab]]
	\| children = Tanveer Kaur (later Sultana)		\| children = Tanveer Kaur (later Sultana)
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	'''Boota Singh''' sometimes spelled as '''Buta Singh''', was a [[Sikh]] ~~ex-~~soldier of the British Army ~~who~~ served ~~at the~~ [[Burma~~]] front under the command of [[Lord Mountbatten~~]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="ti">{{cite web \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr17/saturday/head6.htm \|title=Silver lining in the clouds of Partition ~~\|website=TribuneIndia.com~~ \|publisher=[[Tribune India]] \|date=17 ~~April~~ 1999 \|accessdate= 26 July 2013}}</ref> He is very well known in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] for his tragic love story with Zainab, a [[Muslim]] girl he rescued ~~during~~ the ~~communal~~ riots in the ~~time of~~ [[partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name="ti"/> Both fell in love and got married. Later, being a Muslim, Zainab is deported and sent to the newly born Pakistan. Boota illegally enters Pakistan and when the girl backed off under the pressure from her family, he commits suicide by jumping before an upcoming train near [[Shahdara Bagh\|Shahdara]] station in Pakistan along with his daughter but she survived but some people tell another story about this incident. According to them, they did not go to Pakistan, they went towards Bengal and both were killed due to illness.<ref name="j">{{cite web \|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm \|title=Shaheed-e-Muhabbat \|website=Jang.com.pk \|publisher=Jang \|date=30 May 2010 \|accessdate=26 July 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316084209/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm \|archivedate=16 March 2014 }}</ref>		'''Boota Singh''' ([[Gurmukhi]]: ਬੂਟਾ ਸਿੰਘ; [[Shahmukhi]]: بوٹا سنگھ), sometimes spelled as '''Buta Singh''', was a [[Sikh]] soldier in the British Army. He served in [[Burma]] during [[World War II]], under the command of Lord Mountbatten.<ref name="ti">{{cite web \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr17/saturday/head6.htm \|title=Silver lining in the clouds of Partition \|publisher=[[Tribune India]] \|date=April 17, 1999 \|accessdate= July 29, 2013}}</ref> He is very well known in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. He is famous for his tragic love story with Zainab, a [[Muslim]] girl who he rescued from the riots during the [[partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name="ti"/>

	~~The love~~ story ~~of Singh's life is widely adapted~~ in ~~films~~ and ~~books on both sides of the border~~. ~~A [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] film [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]]~~ (~~1999~~) ~~is entirely based on the story~~.~~<ref name="ti"/> Ishrat Rahmani wrote~~ a ~~novel~~, ~~Muhabbat, based on the story~~. ~~The story also influenced many other films including a 2007 Canadian film [[Partition (2007 film)\|Partition]]~~<ref name="ti"~~/> and a 2001 Bollywood film [[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha\|Gadar]] and the 2004 Bollywood film [[Veer Zaara]].<ref~~>{{cite web\|url=http://~~indiatoday~~.~~intoday~~.in/~~story~~/~~religious~~-~~protests~~-~~against~~-~~period~~-~~film~~-~~gadar~~-~~put~~-~~free~~-~~speech~~-on-~~the~~-~~boil/1~~/~~230620~~.~~html~~\|~~title=Religious protests against period film Gadar put free speech on the boil\|publisher~~=~~India Today~~}}</ref>		== Love story ==
			Both fell in love and got married. Later, Zainab was deported (sent back) to Pakistan. Boota illegally entered Pakistan to find her. Zainab stayed away from him due to pressure from her family. Because of this, he killed himself by jumping in front of a moving train near Shahdara railway station in Pakistan. He did this with his daughter, but she survived.<ref name="j">{{cite web \|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm \|title=Shaheed-e-Muhabbat \|publisher=Jang \|date=May 30, 2010 \|accessdate=26 July 2013 \|archive-date=16 March 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316084209/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	==~~Burial==~~		The love story of Singh's life has been adapted to movies and books, from both India and Pakistan. A [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] movie ''[[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]]'' (1999) is entirely based on the story.<ref name="ti"/> Ishrat Rahmani wrote a book, ''Muhabbat'', based on the story. The story also influenced many other movies including ''Partition'', a Hollywood movie from 2007.<ref name="ti"/>

	~~In his suicide note,~~ Singh ~~expressed his last wish to be buried~~ in ~~Barki~~ village ~~where~~ [[~~Zainab Singh~~\|~~Zainab~~]]~~'s parents resettled after partition~~. ~~The autopsy of Singh's body was conducted in a hospital~~ in [[~~Lahore~~]] ~~and~~ was ~~taken to the village on 22 February 1957 for burial~~ but ~~the villagers did~~ not ~~allow that and~~ Singh ~~was buried at~~ [[~~Miani Sahib Graveyard\|Miani Sahib~~]]~~, the largest graveyard of Lahore.<ref name="d">{{cite web \|url=http:/~~/~~x.dawn.com/2013/01/14/shaheed~~-~~and-shahdara-ii/ \|archive-url=https://archive~~.~~today/20130726163911/http://x.dawn.com/2013/01/14/shaheed-and-shahdara-ii/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=26 July 2013 \|title=Shaheed and Shahdara – I \|website=Dawn.com \|publisher=~~[[~~Dawn (newspaper)\|Dawn~~]] ~~\|date=14 January 2013 \|accessdate=26 July 2013 }}</ref>~~		== Personal life ==
			Singh lived in a village of Jalandhar district in [[Punjab (British India)\|British Punjab]]. When he returned home from fighting in [[Burma]], his youth was over. All his friends were married with their own families, but he was still not married. He found no woman to marry him. Once a trader offered to sell Singh a bride from [[Uttar Pradesh]] or [[Bihar]] for rupees 2000/-. From this day onward, he started saving all his money for the [[dowry]].

	~~==In popular culture==~~		His uncle and cousins were wanting him to die unmarried, so that they could inherit his share of the family's land.

	In ~~1999~~, ~~[[Manoj Punj]] directed~~ a [[~~Punjabi language~~\|~~Punjabi]] feature film, [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh~~]]~~, entirely based on~~ the ~~life story of Boota Singh~~.~~<ref name="ti"/>~~ The ~~movie stars~~ [[~~Gurdas Maan~~]] ~~as Boota~~ Singh ~~and [[Divya Dutta]] as Zainab. The music~~ was ~~composed by~~ [[~~Amar Haldipur~~]]. It was ~~an international hit and won~~ the ~~[[National Film Award~~ for ~~Best Feature Film in Punjabi]] at~~ the ~~[[46th National Film Awards]] and~~ was ~~also screened~~ at ~~many national and international film festivals including the 1999~~ [[~~Vancouver International Film Festival~~]] ~~and [[International Film Festival~~ of ~~India]]~~. ~~Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel on the love story, titled Muhabbat~~. ~~The story is also have some details in an English book, [[Freedom at Midnight]] by [[Larry Collins (writer)~~\|~~Larry Collins]]~~ and [[~~Dominique Lapierre]] and also influenced a 2007 Hollywood film, [[Partition~~ (~~2007 film~~)\|~~Partition~~]], ~~written by [[Patrica Finn]] and [[Vic Sarin]]~~, ~~starring [[Jimi Mistry]] and [[Kristin Kreuk]] in lead roles.~~		== Burial ==
			In his suicide note, Singh expressed his last wish to be buried as a Muslim in Noorpur village near Barki. This is where [[Zainab Singh\|Zainab]]'s parents had resettled after the Partition. The [[autopsy]] of Singh's body was done in an hospital in [[Lahore]]. It was taken to the village on 22 February 1957 for burial. However, the villagers did not allow him to be buried there. Instead, Singh was buried at [[Miani Sahib Graveyard]] of Lahore.<ref name="d">{{cite web \|url=http://x.dawn.com/2013/01/14/shaheed-and-shahdara-ii/ \|title=Shaheed and Shahdara – I \|publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)\|Dawn]] \|date= January 14, 2013 \|accessdate= July 26, 2013}}</ref>

	==References==		== In popular culture ==
			In 1999, Manoj Punj directed a [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] feature movie, ''[[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]]'', entirely based on the life story of Boota Singh.<ref name="ti"/> The movie stars [[Gurdas Maan]] as Boota Singh and [[Divya Dutta]] as Zainab. The music was composed by Amar Haldipur. It was a success internationally. It won the ''National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi'' at the 46th [[National Film Awards]]. It was also shown at many national and international [[movie festival]]s, including the 1999 [[Vancouver International Film Festival]] and the [[International Film Festival of India]]. Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel on the love story, titled ''Muhabbat''. The story also featured in an English book, ''Freedom at Midnight'', by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre.

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{{Infobox person
| name = Boota Singh
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar district]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = 19 February 1957
| death_place = [[Shahdara Bagh|Shahdara]], [[Pakistan]]
| other_names = [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]]<br>(lit. Martyr-in-Love Boota Singh)
| spouse = [[Zainab Singh|Zainab]]
| children = Tanveer Kaur (later Sultana)
| known_for = His tragic love story
}}

'''Boota Singh''' sometimes spelled as '''Buta Singh''', was a [[Sikh]] ex-soldier of the British Army who served at the [[Burma]] front under the command of [[Lord Mountbatten]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="ti">{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr17/saturday/head6.htm |title=Silver lining in the clouds of Partition |website=TribuneIndia.com |publisher=[[Tribune India]] |date=17 April 1999 |accessdate= 26 July 2013}}</ref> He is very well known in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] for his tragic love story with Zainab, a [[Muslim]] girl he rescued during the communal riots in the time of [[partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name="ti"/> Both fell in love and got married. Later, being a Muslim, Zainab is deported and sent to the newly born Pakistan. Boota illegally enters Pakistan and when the girl backed off under the pressure from her family, he commits suicide by jumping before an upcoming train near [[Shahdara Bagh|Shahdara]] station in Pakistan along with his daughter but she survived but some people tell another story about this incident. According to them, they did not go to Pakistan, they went towards Bengal and both were killed due to illness.<ref name="j">{{cite web |url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm |title=Shaheed-e-Muhabbat |website=Jang.com.pk |publisher=Jang |date=30 May 2010 |accessdate=26 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316084209/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2010-weekly/nos-30-05-2010/she.htm |archivedate=16 March 2014 }}</ref>

The love story of Singh's life is widely adapted in films and books on both sides of the border. A [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] film [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]] (1999) is entirely based on the story.<ref name="ti"/> Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel, Muhabbat, based on the story. The story also influenced many other films including a 2007 Canadian film [[Partition (2007 film)|Partition]]<ref name="ti"/> and a 2001 Bollywood film [[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha|Gadar]] and the 2004 Bollywood film [[Veer Zaara]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/religious-protests-against-period-film-gadar-put-free-speech-on-the-boil/1/230620.html|title=Religious protests against period film Gadar put free speech on the boil|publisher=India Today}}</ref>

==Burial==

In his suicide note, Singh expressed his last wish to be buried in Barki village where [[Zainab Singh|Zainab]]'s parents resettled after partition. The autopsy of Singh's body was conducted in a hospital in [[Lahore]] and was taken to the village on 22 February 1957 for burial but the villagers did not allow that and Singh was buried at [[Miani Sahib Graveyard|Miani Sahib]], the largest graveyard of Lahore.<ref name="d">{{cite web |url=http://x.dawn.com/2013/01/14/shaheed-and-shahdara-ii/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130726163911/http://x.dawn.com/2013/01/14/shaheed-and-shahdara-ii/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2013 |title=Shaheed and Shahdara – I |website=Dawn.com |publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=14 January 2013 |accessdate=26 July 2013 }}</ref>

==In popular culture==

In 1999, [[Manoj Punj]] directed a [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] feature film, [[Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh]], entirely based on the life story of Boota Singh.<ref name="ti"/> The movie stars [[Gurdas Maan]] as Boota Singh and [[Divya Dutta]] as Zainab. The music was composed by [[Amar Haldipur]]. It was an international hit and won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi]] at the [[46th National Film Awards]] and was also screened at many national and international film festivals including the 1999 [[Vancouver International Film Festival]] and [[International Film Festival of India]]. Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel on the love story, titled Muhabbat. The story is also have some details in an English book, [[Freedom at Midnight]] by [[Larry Collins (writer)|Larry Collins]] and [[Dominique Lapierre]] and also influenced a 2007 Hollywood film, [[Partition (2007 film)|Partition]], written by [[Patrica Finn]] and [[Vic Sarin]], starring [[Jimi Mistry]] and [[Kristin Kreuk]] in lead roles.

==References==
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