Ks brar biography of donald

Despite his advanced age, he is thought to have fought back, kicking his assailants, who were bearded but not turbaned. Share Via. See Less. Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin. Sign In. Edit Profile. Both appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court later. Singh Sangha was also charged with common assault on General Brar's wife, Meena. Both were remanded to police custody and scheduled to be present on 7 December at Southwark Crown Court.

On 8 February, year-old Harjit Kaur, of Hayes , west London , was also charged for her part in the attack. She was formally accused of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and was scheduled to later appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court. Sandhu and year-old Dilbagh Singh pleaded not guilty to the same charge. At the trial, which opened at Southwark Crown Court on 15 July, Kaur also denied the charge of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

Crown Prosecutor Annabel Darlow said, "This was no random attack. This was a highly premeditated assault by people who thought about what they were doing and planned it. The night of the attack, Kaur tailed Brar and his wife from a casino to a restaurant. After the couple had left the restaurant, she followed them onto the bus returning to their hotel.

Kaur then relayed the couple's position to the other attackers, who ambushed them in Old Quebec Street. On 31 July, Sandhu, Dilbagh Singh, and Kaur were convicted of wounding with intent; Sangha had pleaded guilty to the charge earlier. The attackers were originally scheduled to be sentenced on 19 September; however, a pre-sentencing document had not been issued by then.

On 10 December, Sandhu and Dilbagh Singh were sentenced to 14 years imprisonment; Kaur was sentenced to 11 years and Sangha to It is easy to be critical when you are ignorant about what actually happened, why it happened and whether or not the action was avoidable. Operation Blue Star was militarily successful, but it is criticized by many for being badly planned.

It is considered to be a political disaster and an unprecedented act in modern Indian history, [ 33 ] and was followed by events like the assassination of Indira Gandhi , the assassination of A. Vaidya the-then Army Chief , the subsequent anti-Sikh riots , and the Punjab insurgency. Although General Brar later described Operation Bluestar as "most traumatic, most painful", he insisted that it was necessary.

It is unfortunate that there were so many casualties, as well as destruction, which we tried to avoid to the maximum. I am a Sikh myself, and I can assure you that there was no indiscriminate killing during the operation, and at all times our endeavour was to save life and property. We tried to avoid the operation totally by requesting the inmates to surrender so that there would be no bloodshed, but it seems that they were determined not to do so.

As you know, the charisma of Sant Bindranwale was such that the people were prepared to sacrifice their lives at his call. Your question about KPS Gill 's success in Operation Black Thunder can be answered in one sentence — There was no Bindranwale, they had no leadership worth its name, there was no Gen Shabeg Singh, nor were there any fortifications.

The inmates knew that forces had entered the shrine earlier, and therefore they would do so again. The easiest course open to them was to give up without a fight. I am not trying to belittle Mr Gill, he is a fine policeman, but we must realise that the circumstances were totally different, and it is not fair to compare the two operations.

General Brar accepted that Operation Blue Star had hurt the sentiments of many Sikhs, including those who opposed the pro-Khalistan militants. However, he insisted that the act was not against any religion, but against "a section of misguided people", who held the country to ransom. He said, "I respect religion, and respect the fact that I am a Sikh.

Ks brar biography of donald

He also offered to pay for translating the book into Punjabi language so that more people could read it. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Brar told Mail Today from London, where he is recuperating from his injuries following an attempt to assassinate him on September Asked about the possible motive behind the attack, the retired General said he has been receiving death threats for some time.

It was not against any caste, creed or religion. The Internet is full of threats to my life," he added. Brar also accepted that he had spoken against the construction of a 'martyr's' memorial being built in the Golden Temple. The Centre must step in before it's too late," he said, warning that Sikh militancy is unmistakably on the rise.

Narrating the incident, Lt-Gen. Brar said he and his wife Meena were returning after a meal at a Chinese restaurant in Piccadilly Square. It was around 10 pm. There was no alternative left but to go in. But, it was not an attack against Darbar Sahib. If you had seen the Golden Temple at that point of time, there was no holiness left in the shrine.

There were killings and murders inside. Not what I would have liked to do but had to do. When you wear the uniform, your task is to preserve the unity and sovereignty of the country. I went for the call of duty in the best manner that a soldier can. What was your assessment of Bhindranwale then? You both hailed from Moga and are from the same Jat Sikh clan.

He had a charisma and had succeeded in motivating a large section of the Sikh community, particularly in rural Punjab. Many would see him as a prophet. The police had become so frightened of him that they were unable to function. There was no civil administration left in Punjab. He had established the rule of the gun. Because the local police either did not have the information or never gave it to us.

There were no intelligence inputs on the number of militants and the kind of weapons inside. Nor did we know how well they had fortified the shrine. Initially, we had felt that they would surrender and not want bloodshed. And I knew they were not going to cow down. After all, they were trying to become heroes of the movement. And, if they were to suddenly give up or surrender, they would fall in the eyes of their own followers.

So, I knew that the fight was on, but I still hoped till the last moment. Intelligence agencies say there was a wealth of information on the goings-on in the shrine. Not of the kind that the army finally found when it went in. We never knew there were grenade-making factories inside the complex or that militants had heavy machine guns as well as rocket launchers.

Nothing went wrong. We were up against a very strong defence at Akal Takht and the killing area in front of it.