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| birth_name = Sukhdev Singh Dasuwal
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| birth_place = Dhassuwal, [[Patti, Punjab|Patti]], [[Amritsar]], [[India]]
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'''Jathedar Sukhdev Singh Babbar''' (9 August 1955 − 9 August 1992) was the co-leader of [[Babbar Khalsa International]] (BKI),<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123086.htm|publisher=US State Department|access-date=6 October 2017|title=Terrorist Exclusion List|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/schedule/2|publisher=UK Government|access-date=6 October 2017|title=Terrorism Act 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121085241/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/schedule/2|archive-date=21 January 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/bo|publisher=Government of India|access-date=6 October 2017|title=Banned Organisations | cmsmha.nic.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009215122/http://www.mha.nic.in/BO|archive-date=9 October 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> a [[Sikh]] militant organization involved in the pursuit of creating a theocratic Sikh nation they call "[[Khalistan]]"<ref name="nevada_court_sentence">{{cite web |title=Reno Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Provide Material Support To Terrorists |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/reno-man-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-provide-material-support-terrorists |website=The United States Attorney's Office District of Nevada |access-date=19 July 2018 |language=en |date=29 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719113739/https://www.justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/reno-man-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-provide-material-support-terrorists |archive-date=19 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="PublicSecurityCanadaCurrentlyListedEntities">{{cite web|url=http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/lstd-ntts/crrnt-lstd-ntts-eng.aspx|title=Currently listed entities|publisher=Public Safety Canada|access-date=20 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702154136/http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/lstd-ntts/crrnt-lstd-ntts-eng.aspx|archive-date=2 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and found responsible for the 1985 bombing of [[Air India Flight 182]]. BKI was founded by [[Talwinder Singh Parmar]], himself, and Amarjit Kaur{{Who|date=December 2021}}. He commanded BKI continuously for 14 years until he was killed in 1992.<ref name="Hazarika">{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DA163CF932A0575BC0A964958260 | work=The New York Times | title=Punjab Violence Eases as Police Claim Successes | first=Sanjoy | last=Hazarika | date=31 August 1992}}</ref>

==Early life==

Sukhdev Singh Dasuwal was born on 9 August 1955 to Jind Singh and Harnam Kaur in the village of Dassuwal, [[Patti, Punjab|Patti]], [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]. He studied up to the middle school level.<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010309/main7.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192129/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010309/main7.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He had three brothers. His elder brother, Mehal Singh "Babbar" is also an active leader of the [[Babbar Khalsa International]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020103/ldh1.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212148/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020103/ldh1.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The older brother of all three, Angrej Singh, is blind. His family owned {{convert|18|acre|m2}} of land in the village of Dassuwal. The wives of Sukhdev Singh Babbar and Mehal Singh Babbar are sisters who belonged to the adjoining village of Ghariala.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/>

==Participation in the Khalistan movement==

As per ''The Tribune'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010309/main7.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=23 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192129/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010309/main7.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the day of the [[1978 Sikh–Nirankari clashes|Sikh–Nirankari clashes]] (13 April 1978) was also the day when his marriage was fixed. On this day, he took the pledge to take revenge on the Nirankaris.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/> He founded the organization <ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/>[[Babbar Khalsa International]] along with [[Talwinder Singh Parmar]] with the objective to secede from [[India]] and form the state of [[Khalistan]] for Sikhs. The first Unit of [[Babbar Khalsa International|BKI]] was founded in Canada in 1981. This organization has presence in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[UK]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Norway]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref name="satp.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/punjab/terrorist_outfits/BKI.htm|title=Babbar Khalsa International|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401183144/http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/punjab/terrorist_outfits/BKI.htm|archive-date=1 April 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Babbar Khalsa International]] became a major participant in [[Khalistan movement]] under his guidance and participated in hundreds of operations against Indian security forces and remained active in several Indian states.<ref name="satp.org"/>

Sukhdev Singh Babbar was the president of the Babbar Khalsa International. It was considered as the best armed and funded among the Khalistani militant groups in Punjab State<ref name=NYTDeath>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DA163CF932A0575BC0A964958260|title=Punjab Violence Eases as Police Claim Successes|first=Sanjoy Hazarika|last=and|newspaper=The New York Times|date=31 August 1992}}</ref> with an objective to create an independent state for Sikhs, known as [[Khalistan]].<ref name="Hazarika"/> During the [[Khalistan movement]], Sukhdev Singh Babbar was a militant chief of [[Babbar Khalsa International]].<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/>

==Death==

He died on 9 August 1992 in a gunfight when heavily armed policemen stormed a villa in the city of [[Patiala]] in early August and captured him. At the time, he was India's most wanted Khalistani extremist.<ref name="CrenshawM397">{{cite book |last1=Crenshaw |first1=Martha |title=Terrorism in Context |date=1 November 2010 |publisher=Penn State Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nFyZaZGthgC |access-date=8 July 2018 |page=397 |isbn=9780271044422 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708162242/https://books.google.com/books?id=9nFyZaZGthgC |archive-date=8 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

It is reported that India used the cat system (Special Forces personnel disguised as militant), to trap Babbar. He was captured with the help of a former Babbar member turned police-cat, who informed on him in exchange for a reward of ₹ 10,00,000. This former member helped trap Babbar by arranging a meeting of top Babbar militants, ostensibly to work out future strategy. For helping neutralize the chief of the most powerful group of militants in the state, the turned member also received a full third of the reward on Singh.<ref name="satp_cat"/>

== Aftermath ==
After the death of Babbar, his followers killed policemen in retaliation.<ref name=NYTDeath/><ref name="satp_cat">{{cite web |last1=Mahadevan |first1=Prem |title=Counter Terrorism in the Indian Punjab: Assessing the 'Cat' System The Final Offensive (1992-1993) Money: The Asymmetric Advantage |url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume18/Article2.htm# |website=satp.org |publisher=Faultlines: Volume 18, January 2007 |access-date=30 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919094923/http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume18/Article2.htm |archive-date=19 September 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

After his death, Punjab Police DGP [[Kanwar Pal Singh Gill]] accused Babbar of living a "''king-like''" lifestyle. In his book, "Punjab: The Knights of Falsehoods", he accused Babbar of living a lavish lifestyle contradictory to the ideals of his organization, and claimed that he owned multiple lavish bungalows. He further accused Babbar of living with Jawahar Kaur, a member of a popular singing group "Nabhe Wallian Bibian Da Jatha", and fathering an illegitimate child.<ref name="satp prophet">{{cite web|title=Punjab: The Knights of Falsehood -- Psalms of Terror|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/nightsoffalsehood/falsehood4.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014135815/http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/nightsoffalsehood/falsehood4.htm|archive-date=14 October 2017|access-date=29 October 2017|website=Satp.org|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

After his death his family members left their home and moved abroad. A major portion of his ancestral house of the Babbar Khalsa chief now stands demolished and the remaining dilapidated two-room set is locked.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:1992 deaths]]
[[Category:Khalistan movement people]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Sikh terrorism]]
[[Category:People shot dead by law enforcement officers in India]]
[[Category:Insurgency in Punjab]]

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