Harbans Lal Khanna

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[edit]

↑ ^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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[karim-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Karim, Afsir (1991). Counter Terrorism, the Pakistan Factor. Lancer Publishers. p. 30. ISBN 978-8170621270.

[dhillon-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

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