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").[1][2][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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karim, Afsir (1991). Counter Terrorism, the Pakistan Factor. Lancer Publishers. p. 30. ISBN 978-8170621270.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Judge, Paramjit S. (2005). Religion, Identity, and Nationhood: The Sikh Militant Movement. Rawat Publications. p. 134. ISBN 9788170339496.
- ↑ Sikh Gunmen Kill Hindu In Punjab - Nytimes.Com
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