Baldev Singh Mann
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Baldev Mann | |
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| Born | Baldev Maan 9 July 1952 Bagga Kalan, Punjab, India |
| Died | 26 September 1986 (aged 34) Bagga Kalan, Amritsar district |
| Cause of death | Killed by Khalistani militants |
| 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 left-wing activist of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy. He was a state level leader of Kirti Kisan Union and the editor of Hirawal Dasta,[1][2] a revolutionary journal of the Naxalites.
On 26 September 1986, during the insurgency in Punjab, India, he was killed by Sikh militants while on his way to his village, Bagga Kalan, in Amritsar district. His daughter is actress Sonia Mann.
Life
[edit]Baldev Mann was born on 9 July 1952. He was the son of Inder Singh. He lived in the village Bagga Kalan, Ajnala tehsil, Amritsar district. After completing his primary education at the village school; he matriculated from government high school at Raja Sansi.[3] Mann then went to Khalsa College, Amritsar, during which he faced detention from 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 (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy. 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 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 Sonia Mann. She was one week old when he was murdered while on his way to his village, Chinna Bagga, in Amritsar.[4][5] Baldev Singh Mann was killed while on his way to visit 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- 1952 births
- 1986 deaths
- People from Ludhiana district
- Punjabi Sikhs
- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) politicians
- Politicians from Ludhiana
- Politicians from Amritsar district
- Victims of Sikh terrorism
- Victims of the insurgency in Punjab
- Journalists from Punjab, India
- Assassinated Indian journalists
- People assassinated in the 20th century
- 1986 murders in India
- People murdered in Punjab, India
- Punjabi-language writers
- Politicians assassinated in 1986