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  Anakh.com - Punjabi Megezine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Shabeg was so thoroughly involved in these clandestine operations that for five months from December 70 to April 71, his family had no news about his whereabouts.
Gen Shabeg Singh worked ceaselessly in drafting letters and inviting eminent Sikhs and ex-Army officers to attend the meeting which was eventually held and all shades of Sikh leadership felt convinced of the need of unity at this critical juncture.
After convalescence at Dehra Dun, Shabeg Singh and his wife had planned on a visit to Hajur Sahib where his wife had pledged to offer prayers once his CBI case was decided In Dec 1983 he had been acquitted of all charges.
www.anakh.com /index.php?action=fullnews&id=11   (4823 words)

  
 Sir VS Naipaul’s Misconstruction of Sikh History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
According to Khushwant Singh the Guru "adopted the life of a soldier (and) was always accompanied by armed retainers".
Shabeg Singh, a savvy military-intelligence man, may have relied on his hunch that no nation will let loose its army on its own people, certainly not upon the holy of the holiest places in Sikhdom.
Buta Singh, an amritdhari Sikh, a follower of Bhindranwale, was arrested "in the Golden Temple at the time of the army action", in June 1984, and taken to Jodhpur where hardcore of the alleged Sikh "terrorists" were incarcerated.
www.sikhreview.org /august2002/pers1.htm   (3815 words)

  
 Operation Bluestar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Randhir Singh was staying in a room in Guru Ram Das Serai, belonging to their uncle (a member of the SGPC) from where he was arrested on June 5.
According to Prithipal Singh, the Sevadar on duty at Akal Rest House, deep inside the Guru Ram Das Serai, the Akal Rest House was shelled f rom the side of Gali Bagh Wali (to the left of the main entrance from the side on chowk Ghanta Ghar) at 5 a.m.
How Amrik Singh gave her some water in a bucket which she gave to her relatives and acquaintances, but she could not bring herself to drinking it because it was red, mixed with blood.
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 DALIP SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB [1997] INSC 597 (8 July 1997)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
As the doctor opined that Mohinder Singh was unfit to make any statement he (P.W.8) recorded the statement of Shabeg Singh (Ex.P12) at 2.30 P.M. and sent it to the police station for registration of a case.
Indeed, homicidal death of Mohinder Singh and sustaining of injuries by Shabeg Singh (P.W.6) Bagicha Singh (P.W.6) and accused Rachhpal Singh in course of the incident were not challenged by the defence.
Avtar Singh (D.W.4), a Junior Engineer of the Tubewell Corporation claimed that the was in-charge of outlet RB 25000 R of Golewal in the district of Faridkot.
www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/1997/597.html   (2086 words)

  
 General Shabeg Singh
General Shabeg Singh- the great general of modern times belonged to village Khiala, about nine miles from Am Chogwan Road.
Mother of Shaheg Singh was devout lady but she was very practical and a great disciplinarian.
In 1952, the younger brothers Sardar Shamsher Singh, Sardar Jaswant Singh along with their brother-in-law shifted to Haidwani in the Terrai area of UP after having bought farmlands there.
www.sikhnet.com /Sikhnet/discussion.nsf/SearchView/8FD5BF56B29A94D987256A56000D3206!OpenDocument   (4380 words)

  
 List of prominent Sikhs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of Sikh kingdom of the Punjab
Master Tara Singh, a strong Sikh leader in the first half of the 20th century.(1885-1967)
Shabeg Singh, retired Indian Army general, killed 1984 in Operation Blue Star
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Sikhs   (241 words)

  
 Shabeg Singh - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Shabeg Singh (?–1984), was an Indian Army general, called by some "the great general of modern times." He is known for his role in Operation Blue Star where he died defending the Golden Temple in Amritsar during a Sikh separatist campaign.
It is because of him that the Indian army had to face so much difficulty in capturing the temple.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Shabeg Singh contains research on
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Shabeg_Singh   (139 words)

  
 Pakistan, Northwest India insurgencies
In the late 1980s, Didar Singh Baines of Yuba City, California, a prime funder of the World Sikh Organization, was also the major U.S. funder of the JKLF.
These groups were formed not only because of open conflicts between leaders contesting their respective share of drugs and money, but also as a division of labor, in order to operate in specific areas.
Shabeg Singh, who ran the Mukhti Bahini insurgents, was the military adviser and de facto controller of Bhindranwale, and oversaw the military fortification of the Golden Temple.
www.larouchepub.com /other/1995/2241_nw_india_groups.html   (3217 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab
His body was recognised by his brother, Subedar Major Harcharan Singh Rode (who retired as a captain), the Superintendent of Police and a battery of police and civil officers in the presence of the military.
Mr Prakash Singh Badal, Punjab Chief Minister said today that he had taken up the issue of opening of Canadian consulate in Chandigarh with the Union Government, which assured that the same would be operational in near future.
On inquiries, officials found that Mr Prem Singh, the then SHO of Khamano police station, had registered an FIR under Section 15 of the NDPS Act against Najar Singh, Gurdial Singh, Jarnail Singh and Kuldeep Sharma and showed seizure of 60 bags of poppy husk, whereas the actual recovery was of 95 bags.
www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010520/punjab1.htm   (8296 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab
Mr Prahlad Singh Sahni, MLA (Delhi), who attended the meeting as the chief guest, said it was a matter of great pride that the function to remember the great martyr, who fought against the tyrannical Mughal rulers, was being organised in his constituency.
In a press note, Captain Amarjit Singh Jaijee, Secretary of the SMEP, said that it was unfortunate to witness the sacrilege of the sacred memorial erected as a tribute to the soldiers at Saragrah (Ferozepore Cantt) as in place of lawns an unauthorised premises had been illegally constructed within the Saragarhi Memorial Gurudwara.
According to Mr Rachpal Singh, DSP, the arrested youths were identified as Harmeet Singh, alias Preet, son of Pal Singh of Shastri Nagar, Gurpreet Singh, son of Ishar Singh of Janta Nagar Dhuri, Tarsem Singh, son of Karnail Singh of Kaheru, Pardeep son of Surjeet Singh of Sunder Nagar Basti, Sangrur.
www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050602/punjab1.htm   (9803 words)

  
 GURCHARAN SINGH TOHRA
He joined with Harchand Singh Longowal and others in inviting the Indian government to attack the Golden Temple to murder pro-Khalistani leaders Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, General Shabeg Singh, and others, even while they were telling the Sikh Nation that Indian tanks would "have to roll over our dead bodies" to get to the Temple.
In September 1995, human-rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra was kidnapped by police for publishing as study documenting that the Indian government secretly cremated thousands of Sikh youth by declaring them "unidentified bodies" after torturing and murdering them.
Police SSP Swaran Singh Ghotna murdered former Jathedar of the Akal Takht Gurdev Singh Kaunke.
www.khalistan.com /CongRecords/CR042004_Towns_TohraPassesAway.htm   (1224 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Flashbacks: Golden Temple attack
As part of an ill-trained, badly equipped and under-manned force, which had further been demoralised by long working hours, terrible living conditions and not the least of all - infiltration by Sikh separatist militants, it was his job to secure the perimeter of Amritsar's Golden Temple Complex.
According to the DSP "a large majority of those who died inside the Golden Temple during Operation Bluestar were common devotees who had come to the shrine on 3 June on the occasion of the fifth Sikh Guru Arjan Dev's Martyrdom Day.
As a police officer who in later years witnessed and was part of combating Sikh Militancy in Punjab, Mr Apar Singh Bajwa believes that Operation Bluestar could easily have been avoided had a little extra thought gone into the initial planning.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/3774651.stm   (854 words)

  
 Assault on Amritsar, 1984
Massa Rangar, who occupied the Golden Temple during 1730, was beheaded by Bhai Sukha Singh and Bhai Mehtab Singh and the temple liberated.
He was resisted by Baba Gurbax Singh and his 40 comrades, who laid down their lives for its defence.
Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, General Shabeg Singh and Bhai Amrik Singh, with their resistance group re-enacted the fight put up by Baba Gurbax Singh and his companions.
www.sikhnet.com /Sikhnet/discussion.nsf/SearchView/54B701BEE3F5F41487256CE20048967A!OpenDocument   (1102 words)

  
 Speeches may decide attitude towards Cong : Our Website Correspondent- Onlypunjab.com Regional News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mr Kanwarpal Singh Bittu, a spokesman of the Dal Khalsa said that it was a great concern that Parliament had not apologised for the Army operation so far.
The SGPC secretary, Mr Dalmegh Singh, has sought the intervention of the Punjab Government to release and return the manuscripts, rare books on Sikh religion and other valuable articles recovered from the Sikh Reference Library and Toshakhana situated in Golden Temple Complex to the SGPC at the earliest.
Mr Dalmegh Singh stated that in their reply submitted to the court, the Union Home Ministry and the CBI officials admitted that certain valuable items and documents were handed over to their respective authorities by the Army, which were recovered from the Golden Temple complex during Operation Bluestar.
www.onlypunjab.com /latest/fullstory-newsID-510.html   (1049 words)

  
 Ardas - Word To Word Meaning.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
While crossing the river the two elder sons Ajit Singh and Jujhar Singh were with Guru Ji but the younger ones Zoraver Singh and Fateh Singh were separated and went in a different direction along with their grand mother and a cook (Gangu).
The boy was given the good news, but he refused to accept his release, even refused to recognise his mother and preferred to be killed as a brave Sikh than to live a life of a coward.
A few days before the fair Bhai Mani Singh came to know the secret plot of the government, which was to attack and kill all the Sikh leaders who would come to attend the fair.
www.gurbaani.com /prayer3.htm   (5369 words)

  
 Pro-Khalistan slogans in Amritsar -DAWN - International; June 9, 2005
Several hardline actvists belonging to the Dal Khalsa and the Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar took over the public address system at Monday’s annual congregation to commemorate the sacrifices of hundreds of common devotees and armed extremists who died fighting the Army twenty-one years ago in June 1984.
Earlier, during a memorial service organised by the SGPC, Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti honoured the families of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Lt. Gen.
Shabeg Singh and Bhai Amrik Singh who were killed during Operation Bluestar.—By arrangement with AsianAge/Delhi.
www.dawn.com /2005/06/09/int3.htm   (240 words)

  
 Sikh Picture Gallery - Martyrs of Khalistan - Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji Manochahal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bhai Sahib was a prominent figure in the movement of Khalistan and a close companion of Sant Jarnail Singh Ji.
His bravery and fighting skills were unmatched by the government forces.
His body was cremated by the police which opened the door to human rights investigation by Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra.
www.searchsikhism.com /kha1.html   (119 words)

  
 Council of Khalistan PRESS RELEASE
On the anniversary of the Indian government’s military attack on the Golden Temple, the center and seat of Sikhism, last month, Dal Khalsa, the Khalsa Panchayat, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), Damdami Taksal, the Sikh Student Federation (Bittu), and the Akal Federation marched through the streets of Amritsar demanding freedom for Khalistan.
They carried posters of the demolished Golden Temple and distributed pamphlets on the life of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a Sikh leader who was murdered in the Golden Temple attack along with General Shabeg Singh, Bhai Amrik Singh, and others.
Cases were registered against dozens of Sikhs for raising the Sikh flag at the Golden Temple on the anniversary of the Golden Temple attack in the presence of over 30,000 Sikhs.
www.khalistan.com /PressReleases/PR071205_KhalistanFlagRaised.htm   (800 words)

  
 1984 Attack on Golden Temple
Naqli Nirankaris are strongly associated with Arya Samajis and other such organization which came out of need to reform Hinduism, from its age old superstitions and rituals., but these movements instead of targeting common Hindu individuals spearheaded their movement against Sikhism.
He was obviously spearheading the last showdown with Indian army and had knowledge that sooner or later Army would attack and he himself wanted to go down in Sikh history as a martyr and not deserter or negotiator as other Akalis political leaders.
He had support of Major General Shabeg Singh, unofficial hero of Bangladesh war., as well as thousands of rural Sikh youth.
www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/events/attack841.html   (1064 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Shabeg Singh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
FACTOID # 89: In the 1990's, nearly half of all arms exported to developing countries came from the United States of America.
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale or Jarnail Singh Brar (Punjabi:) was the leader of Damdami Taksal, a Sikh organisation based in the Punjab, India.
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shabeg-Singh   (325 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
To express solidarity with Sarabjit Singh, who is awaiting execution in Pakistan, businessmen and traders of this border town, downed shutters to observe a day-long bandh, here today.
Representatives of various political parties, including from the Congress, Mr Tejpreet Singh Peter, Mr Virsa Singh Valtoha, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and Mr Gurjatinder Singh Bhikhiwind of SAD (Amritsar), along with the family members of Sarabjit Singh launched a signature campaign.
Mr Shabeg Singh, a resident of Kalsian father of Gurdev Singh (20), said that the family owned 12 acres of land, some of which were across the border fencing.
www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050826/main4.htm   (593 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sardar Arjan Singh, the retired general manager of Coal India who now lives in Chandigarh, and I have been corresponding with each other for quite some time.
All I was able to gather in the interludes allowed to me was that Joginder had fought in two wars against Pakistan and was proud of his record.
He had also taken part in Operation Blue Star under the command of the generals Sunderji and Brar, was witness to the destruction of the Akal Takht and had seen the bodies of Bhindranwale and general Shabeg Singh.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040703/asp/opinion/story_3445754.asp   (693 words)

  
 The Council of Khalistan
As Narinder Singh, a spokesman for the Golden Temple, told Americas’ National Public Radio, “The Indian government, all the time they boast that they are democratic, that they are secular, but they have nothing to do with a democracy, nothing to do with a secularism.
Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra looked at the records of the cremation grounds at Patti, Tarn Taran, and Durgiana Mandar and documented at least 6,018 secret cremations of young Sikh men ages 20-30.
Sikh leaders Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, General Shabeg Singh, and others, as well as over 20,000 Sikhs were killed in these attacks.
www.khalistan.com /Letters/Arbour_UNHumanRightCommissioner_071304.htm   (1173 words)

  
 World War 1 and 2 - Shabeg Singh
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Shabeg Singh (?-1984), retired Indian Army general, was killed in Operation Blue Star defending the Golden Temple in Amritsar during a Sikh separatist campaign.
He was the architect of the action plan of bhindran walla.
www.worldwardiary.com /history/Shabeg_Singh   (191 words)

  
 The Enquirer - Kentucky news briefs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mollie Smith, 23, was driving south on Ky. 237 when her car hit a Toyota Highlander that was turning left into the school, said Boone County Sheriff's spokesman Tom Scheben.
The Toyota driver, Shabeg Singh, 53, of Florence, was not injured, but his 8-year-old passenger, Anmol Sandhu, was taken to St. Luke Hospital in Florence.
Smith, of Lakeside Park, was flown to University Hospital.
news.enquirer.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050114/NEWS0103/501140408/1059/NEWS01   (336 words)

  
 SikhUnderground - Often Duplicated, Never Imitated   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Attacks on Sikhs by Haryanee Hindoos, with police cooperation, continued in which more than 20 Sikhs were killed, property worth millions was looted, burnt.
Bhai Harbhjan Singh and Bhai Harprit Singh were killed in a staged police encounter.
Khadur Sahib Gurudwaras were brought under the control of the SGPC.
www.sikhifm.net /saintsoldiers/ss?p=martyrs   (236 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A brave Sikh named Delawar Singh ended the tyranny of Beant Singh.
I call on Sikhs in the Indian armed forces, whether officers or soldiers, to stop shooting at the Kashmiri freedom fighters and join the Sikh freedom movement.
Remember Gen. Shabeg Singh who gave his life defending the sanctity of Darbar Sahib and the honor of the Sikh Nation.
www.dalitstan.org /journal/rights/106/200699.html   (1429 words)

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