Baldev Singh Mann
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Baldev Mann | |
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Born | Baldev Maan 9 July 1952 Bagga Kalan, Amritsar, Punjab, India |
Died | 26 September 1986 Bagga Kalan, Amritsar district |
Cause of death | Killed by Khalistani Militants |
Citizenship | India |
Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy |
Spouse | Paramjit Kaur |
Children | Sonia Mann |
Occupation | Editor of Hirawal Dasta |
Baldev Mann was a
Life
Baldev Mann was born on 9 July 1952. He was the son of Inder Singh. He lived in the village Bagga Kalan Tehsil Ajnala, Amritsar. He completed his primary education at the village school; he matriculated from government high school at Raja Sansi.[3] He then went to Khalsa College, Amritsar, where he had to face detention from the college during the time of 'the Emergency', and graduated in 1983.[citation needed]
While at Day College, he came in contact with the Communist Party of India (CPIML-ND). He organized young people in his village under the banner of 'Naujawan Bharat Sabha', a left-wing Indian association that sought to instigate revolution against the British Raj by gathering together workers and peasant youths. He turned it into a district-wide youth moment in Amritsar.
While at Amritsar he was held and tortured at Amritsar's interrogation center, but released in 1975.[citation needed]
Approximately two years before his death, Mann married Paramjit Kaur, with whom he had a daughter. She was one week old when he was murdered while on his way to his village, Chinna Bagga, in Amritsar.[4][5]
The letter
Baldev Singh Mann was killed while visiting his family. He wrote a letter to his daughter shortly before his death, stating "I am struggling for the birth of a social order in which the shackles that enslave human beings are broken to bits, where the oppressed can heave a sigh of relief".[6][5]
See also
- Arjan Singh Mastana
- Darshan Singh Canadian
- Deepak Dhawan
- Jaimal Singh Padda
- Nidhan Singh Gudhan
- Pash
- Teja Singh Swatantar
- Punjab insurgency
- Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy
References
- ^ "Militancy Scenario in Punjab" (PDF). Punjab Government. 21 April 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Bleeding Punjab : A Report to the Nation" (PDF). Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist). September 1992. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Gunned down by Khalistani terrorists, Baldev Singh Mann also fought state repression". CounterView. 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Killing of communist leaders in Punjab makes Left parties more firm in opposing terrorism". India Today. 31 October 1986. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ a b "She wants to fight dark forces : 16-yr-old to fulfill papa's dreams". Tribune News Service. 14 September 2002. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "A Letter to daughter". Retrieved 15 June 2015.