Gurcharan Singh Tohra (24 September1924 - 31 March2004), president of SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee), a Sikh body in charge of controlling Gurdwara (Sikh places of worship), died of a heart attack in New Delhi on 31 March2004 at the age of 79. He remained head of SGPC for a record 27 years, and was one of the most influential and controversial Sikh leaders of the 20th century.
The next day, Amrik Singh, Bhindranwale's most trusted lieutenant, and six close associates of Bhindranwale, including Bhindranwale's personal driver Kulwant Singh, were arrested for an attempt on the life of Joginder Singh Sandhu, the Nirankari Mandal's propaganda secretary.
Singh, Patwant and Harji Malik (editors), Punjab: The Fatal Miscalculation (New Delhi: Patwant Singh, 1985), p.
Singh, Harbans (editor-in-chief), The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism, Volume II (Patiala: Punjabi University, 1996), p.
JST: Kapur Singh wrote in Sachi Sakhi that what incensed him most was a circular letter, issued by the State Governor, Chandu Lal Trivedi, warning district authorities in the Punjab against the criminal tendencies of the Sikh people.
He was bitter because he was dismissed from a government job in a corruption case.
The notorious terrorist, Talvinder Singh Parmar, brought the famous immigration lawyer, Mendel Green, from Toronto.
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