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==Family==
==Family==
Beant Singh was born in a [[Ramdasia]] Sikh family to [[Baba Sucha Singh]] and Kartar Kaur.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-08|title=Perspective : What Motivated Beant Singh to assassinate Indira Gandhi?|url=https://www.theindianpanorama.news/featured/perspective-motivated-beant-singh-assassinate-indira-gandhi/|access-date=2020-06-04|website=The Indian Panorama|language=en-US}}</ref>
Shaheed Beant Singh was born in a [[Ramdasia]] Sikh family to [[Baba Sucha Singh]] and Kartar Kaur.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-08|title=Perspective : What Motivated Beant Singh to assassinate Indira Gandhi?|url=https://www.theindianpanorama.news/featured/perspective-motivated-beant-singh-assassinate-indira-gandhi/|access-date=2020-06-04|website=The Indian Panorama|language=en-US}}</ref>


Singh's widow [[Bimal Kaur Khalsa]] initially joined the Sikh militant group,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/06/world/sikhs-sought-in-slaying.html|title=Sikhs Sought in Slaying|location=India; Amritsar (India)|publisher=NYTimes.com|date=6 June 1986|access-date=13 October 2012}}</ref> and then got imprisoned. Later she got elected from [[Ropar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ropar Constituency]]. His father, [[Baba Sucha Singh]], was also elected member of [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/22/world/india-s-new-chief-given-a-go-ahead.html|title=India's New Chief Given A Go-Ahead - New York Times|publisher=Nytimes.com|date=22 December 1989|access-date=13 October 2012|first=Barbara|last=Crossette}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=MyNews.in |url=http://www.mynews.in/News/'Father_didn't_kill_Indira_Gandhi_to_make_Sikhs_happy'_Beant_Singh's_son__N28948.html|title='Father didn't kill Indira Gandhi to make Sikhs happy': Beant Singh's son|publisher=MyNews.in|access-date=13 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305192505/http://www.mynews.in/News/%27Father_didn%27t_kill_Indira_Gandhi_to_make_Sikhs_happy%27_Beant_Singh%27s_son__N28948.html|archive-date=5 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaenews.com/india/20091031/229171.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141005/http://www.indiaenews.com/india/20091031/229171.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 February 2012|title=Family profile|publisher=Indiaenews.com|date=28 September 2012|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref>
Singh's widow [[Bimal Kaur Khalsa]] initially joined the Sikh militant group,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/06/world/sikhs-sought-in-slaying.html|title=Sikhs Sought in Slaying|location=India; Amritsar (India)|publisher=NYTimes.com|date=6 June 1986|access-date=13 October 2012}}</ref> and then got imprisoned. Later she got elected from [[Ropar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ropar Constituency]]. His father, [[Baba Sucha Singh]], was also elected member of [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Bathinda (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/22/world/india-s-new-chief-given-a-go-ahead.html|title=India's New Chief Given A Go-Ahead - New York Times|publisher=Nytimes.com|date=22 December 1989|access-date=13 October 2012|first=Barbara|last=Crossette}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=MyNews.in |url=http://www.mynews.in/News/'Father_didn't_kill_Indira_Gandhi_to_make_Sikhs_happy'_Beant_Singh's_son__N28948.html|title='Father didn't kill Indira Gandhi to make Sikhs happy': Beant Singh's son|publisher=MyNews.in|access-date=13 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305192505/http://www.mynews.in/News/%27Father_didn%27t_kill_Indira_Gandhi_to_make_Sikhs_happy%27_Beant_Singh%27s_son__N28948.html|archive-date=5 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaenews.com/india/20091031/229171.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141005/http://www.indiaenews.com/india/20091031/229171.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 February 2012|title=Family profile|publisher=Indiaenews.com|date=28 September 2012|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref>