Bhai Shaminder Singh was twice Member of Parliament from Faridkot District in Indian Punjab. Born in a privileged family of Sidhu jatt sikhs in Muktsar in 1947. Wildly popular during the militancy days, he was known for his independent spirit and boldly kept a respectable distance from Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale which was appreciated as a dare-devil feat by the general public and largely and especially by the bureaucrats and the heavy handed Punjab Police officers, who not only allowed but even encouraged him to openly carry an AK-47 on his person, turning him into a local version of self-styled sheriff let loose to up-keep law and order in the highly disturbed Punjab in those days of militancy. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Faridkot (1981 pop. ... This article is about the Indian state of Punjab. ... Navjot Singh Sidhu, ex-cricketer and T.V. personality is a Sidhu Jat Sidhu (Punjabi: , ) is a prominent Jat/Jatt gotra or clan of the state of Punjab (India) in India. ... Muktsar is a city and a municipal council in Muktsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. ... Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale or Jarnail Singh Brar (Punjabi: ) was the leader of Damdami Taksal, a Sikh organisation based in the Punjab, India. ... The Punjab police is responsible for policing in Punjab. ... Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 g. ... The word militant can refer to any individual engaged in warfare, a fight, combat, or generally serving as a soldier. ...

Assassination July 18, 1991 July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

One of his own disciples and bodyguards, Gurmeet Singh, an alleged militant who was rescued by him from the hands of law, invited him to his humble neighborhood at Jodhu Colony in Muktsar to make a public speech as preparation of the coming general elections for the seat of MLA Muktsar. Gurmeet Singh had already buried a few sticks of dynamite near the microphone stand, exactly were the Bhai was supposed to stand, and as soon as he was on the spot, Gurmeet closed the 12 volt battery circuit attached with cunningly hidden underground wiring. The severed parts of Bhai's dead-body were recovered from the adjoining roofs all around. The word militant has come to refer to any individual or party engaged in aggressive physical or verbal combat, normally for a cause. ... Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (Kieselguhr) as an adsorbent. ...

It is said that the murder was done to revenge the sad demise of Jagdev Singh Khudianawala, a humble peasant whose decayed body had been recovered a few weeks ago from a canal. He had dared to oppose the Bhai in the elections.

Gurmeet Singh, who went underground after blowing up Bhai, was traced and shot dead by Bathinda police a few years later.

Family

Bhai Harnirpal Singh " Cukoo", his younger brother, later stepped into his shoes and managed to become MLA Muktsar. Younger and humble Bhai Cukoo has little in common with his elder brother from political point of view.