Avtar Singh Brahma
Founder of the Khalistan Liberation Force
Avtar Singh Brahma (1951 – 22 July 1988) was a Sikh freedom fighter and one of the main founding figures and the second leader of Khalistan Liberation Force, founded in 1986, during the insurgency in Punjab, India. Avtar Singh became known for his encounters with the police, Operation Mand being particularly notable.
Early life
Not much is known about Avtar Singh's early life. What is known is that he was born in 1951 in a Sandhu Jat Sikh family of village Brahampur near Tarn Taran Sahib. His family was engaged in agriculture and was very poor. He left school at an early age to work at his family farm. Avtar Singh at a young age was sent by his parents to Bidhi Chand Dal. He was brought up in the dera at Sur Singh near Amritsar. He soon took amrit and became a Khalsa. There he also became a Nihang Singh who are generally the warriors of the Sikh community.
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