Tara Singh Hayer, O.B.C. (November 15, 1936–November 18, 1998) was a Sikh Canadian newspaper publisher and murder victim. The Order of British Columbia insignia The Order of British Columbia is British Columbias highest award for outstanding achievement. ... The Order of British Columbia insignia The Order of British Columbia is British Columbias highest award for outstanding achievement. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ...

Hayer was born in Paddi Jagir, a small village in the Punjab, India. He emigrated to Canada in 1970, where he worked as a miner, teacher, truck-driver, manager of a trucking firm, and journalist before establishing a community newspaper, the Indo-Canadian Times, in 1978. This article details the Indian state of Punjab. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Hayer supported the creation of Khalistan, an independent, theocratic Sikh homeland in the Punjab region. The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... The term theocracy is used to describe a form of government in which a religion or faith plays a dominant role The word theocracy originates from the Greek θεοκρατία (theokratia). ... A Sikh man wearing a turban A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ...

After the bombing of Air India Flight 182, Hayer began to speak out against violence in the Sikh separatist movement and in August 1988, he survived an attempt on his life that left him in a wheelchair. Air India Flight 182 was a Boeing 747 that exploded on June 23, 1985 while at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland; all 329 on board were killed, of whom 82 were children and 280 were Canadian citizens. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wheelchair seating in a theater A lightweight manual wheelchair A wheelchair is a complex medical device used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness or disability and incorporates posturally supportive seating, including pressure cushions in many cases. ...

In 1992, he was honoured with the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canada and a Certificate of Appreciation from the R.C.M.P. Among his other awards, Mr. Hayer received the Journalist Award by the Municipality of Surrey for courageous and outstanding contribution to Punjabi Journalism in Canada, the International Award of Distinction for Journalism from the International Association of Punjabi Authors and Artists. In 1995, he received the Order of British Columbia. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP or Mounties; French, Gendarmerie royale du Canada, GRC) is both the federal police force and the national police of Canada. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = The City of Parks City of Surrey, British Columbia, Canadas Location. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Order of British Columbia insignia The Order of British Columbia is British Columbias highest award for outstanding achievement. ...

On October 15, 1995, Hayer gave an affidavit to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police regarding the case. Hayer's statement regarded a meeting in 1985 in London, England in the offices of the Punjabi-language newspaper Desh Pardesh, where he overheard a conversation between Tarsem Singh Purewal, the editor of Desh Pardesh, and accused bomber Ajaib Singh Bagri. October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP or Mounties; French, Gendarmerie royale du Canada, GRC) is both the federal police force and the national police of Canada. ...

"Bagri stayed talking to Purewal for about 1 hour during which time the subject of the Air India Disaster came up. Purewal asked Bagri how he managed to that. Bagri replied that they (the Babbar Khalsa) wanted the government of India to come on their knees and give them Khalistan. Bagri then said that if everything would have gone as planned the plane would have blown up at Heathrow airport with no passengers on it. But because the flight was a half hour or three quarters of an hour late, it blew up over the ocean. Purewal then asked how he managed to have the bomb inside the plane. Bagri said that when the device was ready, Surjan Singh Gill was supposed to take it to the airport but when it was ready and it was shown to him, he got scared and resigned from the Babbar Khalsa. Bagri then suggested to Talwinder Singh Parmar that they should kill Surjan Singh Gill but Parmar said no because that would bring suspicion on them and so they ust warned Gill not to say anything. Bagri then said that he got someone else to take the bomb inside a suitcase to the Vancouver airport and put it on the plane." [1]

On January 24 of the same year, Purewal was killed near the offices of Desh Pardesh, leaving Hayer as the only other witness. Babbar Khalsa International logo Babbar Khalsa International logo variation The Babbar Khalsa is a militant group considered to be among the oldest and most prominent of Sikh organisations calling for the formation of an independent Sikh state. ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ... Vancouver International Airport (IATA: YVR, ICAO: CYVR) is located about 15 kilometres driving distance from downtown Vancouver, British Columbia on Sea Island in Richmond. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On November 18, 1998, Hayer was shot to death, execution-style, while getting out of his car in the garage of his home in Surrey. His statement is now inadmissible as evidence in court. November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = The City of Parks City of Surrey, British Columbia, Canadas Location. ... Rules of evidence govern if, when, how, and for what purpose proof of a case is placed before a trier of fact for consideration. ...

In 1999, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression renamed its Press Freedom Award the Tara Singh Hayer Press Freedom Award in his honour. Each year, the award is given to a Canadian journalist who, through his or her work, has made an important contribution to reinforcing and promoting the principle of freedom of the press in Canada or elsewhere. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is a Canadian non-governmental organization supported by Canadian journalists and advocates of free expression. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government of free public speech for its citizens and their associations, extended to members of news gathering organizations, and their published reporting. ...