Manjit Singh Babbar
Manjeet Singh Babbar was born as Manjeet Singh Doad to Sardar Karnail Singh and Mata Ratan Kaur in the village Jalwehra, Hoshiarpur on Oct 30, 1955. He studied at the local village school in Panshta/Panchhat. To protest against the invasion of the Indian army on the Darbar Sahib, bhai sahib and 8 other Sikhs hijacked an Indian Airliner from Jammu to Lahore. The other hijackers were:
- Parminder Singh "Harfam Maula" (Leader)
- Dalip Singh
- Gurdip Singh Pardesi
- Malaghar Singh Babbar
- Harbhajan Singh
- Harminder Singh
- Gurvinder Singh
- Ravinder Singh
They where arrested by Pakistan police. And where held in Jail. They faced a trial. In the words of bhai sahib in a letter from prison:
"Our bodies are imprisoned behind high walls but our minds are free. According to the will of the Lord, there is an abundance of Bani being recited here, which would have been difficult if not impossible on the outside. I'm so happy that Satguru ji has given this blessed time to me. I try to take advantage of it as much as possible. But everything is in the hands of the beloved Lord. I have no other desire but that my head should be sacrificed for the Satguru. Don't pray for our long lives, instead, pray that this filth filled body may be fulfilled by being martyred for Sikhi."
On January 20, 1986, three of them were sentenced to death, two were sentenced to life-imprisonment and four were acquited (Manjeet Singh Babbar, Malagaar Singh Babbar and 2 others). Later in 1989 the death sentence was commuted to life-imprisonment under the orders of a general amnesty. In 1990, Talwinder Singh Parmar, Chief of Babbar Khalsa, made Malaghar Singh Babbar and Manjeet Singh Babbar "Generals" of Babbar Khalsa and sent them to India for rejoining the Khalistani movement. On Oct 25 1990, while they were crossing border, the Indian Army was passing, and Malaghar Singh with anger, opened fire, as consequence Manjeet did too. It costed the life of many officers. Both Singhs where martyred as their ammunition ran up. Manjeet was 45 and Malaghar was 35. Manjit Singh Babbar left behind a wife, a son and a daughter.
