SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale

1947 - 1984

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Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (Punjabi: [d͡ʒəɾnɛːlə̆ sɪ́ŋɡə̆ pɪ̀ɳɖrãːʋaːɭe]; born Jarnail Singh Brar; 2 June 1947– 6 June 1984) was a Sikh militant. After Operation Bluestar, he posthumously became the leading figure for the Khalistan movement, although he did not personally advocate for a separate Sikh nation. He was the fourteenth jathedar or leader, of the prominent orthodox Sikh religious institution Damdami Taksal. An advocate of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution, he gained significant attention after his involvement in the 1978 Sikh-Nirankari clash. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale is the 552nd most popular social activist (up from 557th in 2019), the 751st most popular biography from India (down from 721st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale ranks 552 out of 840. Before him are Raisa Aronova, Hebe de Bonafini, Fazu Aliyeva, Bagha Jatin, Oswaldo Payá, and Wolfe Tone. After him are Roger Stone, Sakine Cansız, Marie Stritt, Aslı Erdoğan, Jerry Rubin, and Mina Ahadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale ranks 634. Before him are Shigeru Kasamatsu, Alexei Ulanov, Klaus Reichert, Sonia Robertson, Yordanka Blagoeva, and Françoise Demulder. After him are Sara Paretsky, Shmuel Rosenthal, Valdir Espinosa, Christine Stückelberger, David Rigert, and Volodymyr Troshkin. Among people deceased in 1984, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale ranks 212. Before him are Renato Perona, Eino Purje, Donald Johnston, Carl Foreman, Estelle Winwood, and Byron Haskin. After him are Pentti Hämäläinen, Johnnie Parsons, Luke Kelly, Frank Fisher, Puck van Heel, and Ross Taylor.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale ranks 751 out of 1,861. Before him are Rani Mukerji (1978), Jyoti Basu (1914), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), and Tanuja (1943). After him are Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Trilok Gurtu (1951), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Tiger Shroff (1990), V. K. Sasikala (1954), and Sharman Joshi (1979).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale ranks 43. Before him are Kamala Nehru (1899), Pingali Venkayya (1876), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), Charu Majumdar (1918), Shivakumara Swami (1907), and Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886). After him are Manilal Gandhi (1892), Stan Swamy (1937), Har Dayal (1884), Madan Lal Dhingra (1883), Veerappan (1952), and Neerja Bhanot (1963).

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