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'''Harbans Lal Khanna''' was a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from [[Punjab, India]]. He was a member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]. He was shot dead by Sikh gunmen in 1984 for unknown reasons.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/03/world/sikh-gunmen-kill-hindu-in-punjab.html Sikh Gunmen Kill Hindu In Punjab - Nytimes.Com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
'''Harbans Lal Khanna''' was a [[BJP]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] and president of its [[Amritsar]] district branch in [[Punjab, India]].
 
While leading a procession against the Sikh effort to have holy city status granted to Amritsar,<ref name=karim>{{cite book |last1=Karim |first1=Afsir |title=Counter Terrorism, the Pakistan Factor |date=1991 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-8170621270 |page=30 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Counter_Terrorism_the_Pakistan_Factor/QoqwQb38SQEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=harbans+lal+khanna&pg=PA30&printsec=frontcover}}</ref> he had released slogans there on 30 May 1981, ''"Dukki tikki khehan nahin deni, sir te pagri rehan nahin deni; kachh, kara, kirpaan; ehnoon bhejo Pakistan."'' ("We are not going to let any second or third group exist, we are not going to let a turban remain on any head; the shorts, the iron bangle, the sword, send these to Pakistan").<ref name=dhillon/><ref name=karim/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Judge |first1=Paramjit S. |title=Religion, Identity, and Nationhood: The Sikh Militant Movement |date=2005 |publisher=Rawat Publications |isbn=9788170339496 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Religion_Identity_and_Nationhood/8z5uAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=dukki+tikki+khehan&dq=dukki+tikki+khehan&printsec=frontcover |page=134 }}</ref>
 
On 14 February 1984, mobs led by Khanna gathered at as many as 56 places in Amritsar to engage in anti-Sikh desecrations. At the Amritsar railway station, a model of the [[Golden Temple]] was destroyed. A picture of the fourth Sikh guru, which had been on display for several years, was defaced beyond recognition, with feces and lit cigarettes rubbed into it.<ref name=dhillon>{{cite book |last1=Dhillon |first1=Gurdarshan Singh |title=Truth about Punjab: SGPC White Paper |date=1996 |publisher=Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee |location=Amritsar, Punjab |isbn=978-0836456547 |edition=1st |url=https://archive.org/details/TruthAboutPunjab/mode/2up |access-date=25 March 2020 |pages=186, 205-206}}</ref> Carrying some of the pieces of the replica away, some Sikhs swore revenge.<ref name=dhillon/>
 
He was shot by Sikh gunmen in retaliation<ref name=dhillon/> on April 2, 1984.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/03/world/sikh-gunmen-kill-hindu-in-punjab Sikh Gunmen Kill Hindu In Punjab - Nytimes.Com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  


==References==
==References==

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Harbans Lal Khanna was a BJP MLA and president of its Amritsar district branch in Punjab, India.

While leading a procession against the Sikh effort to have holy city status granted to Amritsar,[1] he had released slogans there on 30 May 1981, "Dukki tikki khehan nahin deni, sir te pagri rehan nahin deni; kachh, kara, kirpaan; ehnoon bhejo Pakistan." ("We are not going to let any second or third group exist, we are not going to let a turban remain on any head; the shorts, the iron bangle, the sword, send these to Pakistan").[2][1][3]

On 14 February 1984, mobs led by Khanna gathered at as many as 56 places in Amritsar to engage in anti-Sikh desecrations. At the Amritsar railway station, a model of the Golden Temple was destroyed. A picture of the fourth Sikh guru, which had been on display for several years, was defaced beyond recognition, with feces and lit cigarettes rubbed into it.[2] Carrying some of the pieces of the replica away, some Sikhs swore revenge.[2]

He was shot by Sikh gunmen in retaliation[2] on April 2, 1984.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Karim, Afsir (1991). Counter Terrorism, the Pakistan Factor. Lancer Publishers. p. 30. ISBN 978-8170621270.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dhillon, Gurdarshan Singh (1996). Truth about Punjab: SGPC White Paper (1st ed.). Amritsar, Punjab: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. pp. 186, 205–206. ISBN 978-0836456547. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. Judge, Paramjit S. (2005). Religion, Identity, and Nationhood: The Sikh Militant Movement. Rawat Publications. p. 134. ISBN 9788170339496.
  4. Sikh Gunmen Kill Hindu In Punjab - Nytimes.Com