Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala

Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala
Nickname(s)	Budhsinghwala
Born	1964 Village Budhsinghwala, Faridkot, Punjab, India
Died	July 29, 1992 Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Allegiance	Khalistan Liberation Force
Years of service	1986 - 1992
Battles/wars	Khalistan movement

Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (1964 - 29 July 1992) was the 3rd chief of Khalistan Liberation Force - a Sikh Freedom movement forcefully suppressed in Indian administered Punjab. Many human rights violations carried out by India have been documented regarding the Khalistan Movement.

Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala was born in the village of Budhsinghwala, District Faridkot in the year of 1964. He had four siblings—one sister and three brothers.

He was a religious person and met Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale numerous times.

Khalistan Liberation Force was established by Aroor Singh and Sukhvinder Singh Babbar in 1986. Avtar Singh Brahma headed it until his death on 22 July 1988. Budhsinghwala gained command of a faction of KLF.

India Today's, Volume 17 mentioned that Budhsinghwala was responsible for the killings and injury of key police officers and politicians.

According to a police report, Budhsinghwala was killed by police on July 29, 1992 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. The firefight took several hours. At the time of his death he was said to be wanted by Indian Government in 37 accomplished actions against India

After Budhsinghwala's death, Dr Pritam Singh Sekhon succeeded him as head of the KLF. His death anniversaries are regularly observed in North America, Europe and India by various political parties.

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