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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | |||
{{more citations needed|date=June 2015}} | {{more citations needed|date=June 2015}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} | {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} | ||
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| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1986|09|25}}<!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|07|01|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth) --> | | death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1986|09|25}}<!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|07|01|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth) --> | ||
| death_place = | | death_place = | ||
| death_cause = | | death_cause = Assassination | ||
| nationality = Indian, Canadian | | nationality = Indian, Canadian | ||
| other_names = Darshan A. Sangha | | other_names = Darshan A. Sangha | ||
| occupation = [[Trade Union]] Activist | | occupation = [[Trade Union]] Activist | ||
| organization = [[Communist Party of India]], [[Communist Party of Canada]] | | organization = [[Communist Party of India]], [[Communist Party of Canada]] | ||
| spouse = Harbans | | spouse = Harbans kaur | ||
}} | }} | ||
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== Assassination == | == Assassination == | ||
On the afternoon of 25 September, Darshan Singh was killed by Sikh militants.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/ghosts-of-khalistan/article3978880.ece | title=Ghosts of Khalistan | work=The Hindu | date=8 October 2012 | accessdate=16 June 2015}}</ref> Within two hours of his death, about a thousand demonstrators gathered at the police station at Mahilapur, and blocked the way to Hoshiarpur. They protested against police inactivity, and even accused the police of complicity in the crime.<ref name="enpp"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19861031-killing-of-communist-leaders-in-punjab-makes-left-parties-more-firm-in-opposing-terrorism-801383-1986-10-31|title=Killing of communist leaders in Punjab makes Left parties more firm in opposing terrorism|website=India Today|date=17 February 2014}}</ref> | |||
On 26 September, a huge march was organized from his native village Langeri to Mahilapur. The people shouted slogans as "Darshan Singh Canadian Amar Rahe" (Long Live Darshan Singh Canadian), "Canadian aman ekta da shahid" (Canadian was a martyr to peace and unity), "Na Hindu Raj na Khalistan, jug jug jive Hindustan" (Neither Hindu Raj nor Khalistan, long live India), "Hindu Sikh noon jo ladaye, oh desh da vairi hai" (he who makes Hindus and Sikhs fight, is an enemy of the nation), "atvad wakhwad murdabad" (down with extremism and secessionism), "Lokan da ekta zindabad" (Long live public unity), "Hindu Sikh ekta zindabad" (Long live Hindu-Sikh unity), and "CPI zindabad" (Long live CPI).<ref name="enpp"/> From Mahilapur, the procession came back to Langeri. A 20,000-strong rally was held in the village school ground, where Canadian's body lay. Thousands of Sikh youth participated in the rally, denouncing the extremist killers.<ref name="enpp"/> | On 26 September, a huge march was organized from his native village Langeri to Mahilapur. The people shouted slogans as "Darshan Singh Canadian Amar Rahe" (Long Live Darshan Singh Canadian), "Canadian aman ekta da shahid" (Canadian was a martyr to peace and unity), "Na Hindu Raj na Khalistan, jug jug jive Hindustan" (Neither Hindu Raj nor Khalistan, long live India), "Hindu Sikh noon jo ladaye, oh desh da vairi hai" (he who makes Hindus and Sikhs fight, is an enemy of the nation), "atvad wakhwad murdabad" (down with extremism and secessionism), "Lokan da ekta zindabad" (Long live public unity), "Hindu Sikh ekta zindabad" (Long live Hindu-Sikh unity), and "CPI zindabad" (Long live CPI).<ref name="enpp"/> From Mahilapur, the procession came back to Langeri. A 20,000-strong rally was held in the village school ground, where Canadian's body lay. Thousands of Sikh youth participated in the rally, denouncing the extremist killers.<ref name="enpp"/> | ||
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[[Category:1917 births]] | [[Category:1917 births]] | ||
[[Category:1986 deaths]] | [[Category:1986 deaths]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1986 murders in India]] | ||
[[Category:Punjabi people]] | [[Category:Punjabi people]] | ||
[[Category:Assassinated Indian politicians]] | [[Category:Assassinated Indian politicians]] | ||
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[[Category:People murdered in India]] | [[Category:People murdered in India]] | ||
[[Category:Canadian people murdered abroad]] | [[Category:Canadian people murdered abroad]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Indian emigrants to Canada]] | ||
[[Category:Victims of Sikh terrorism]] | [[Category:Victims of Sikh terrorism]] | ||
[[Category:International Woodworkers of America people]] | [[Category:International Woodworkers of America people]] | ||