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  • Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa was an Indian Sikh civil rights activist, demanding the release of Sikh prisoners from various jails in India.
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    Major General
    Gurbakhsh Singh
    DSO, OBE
    Born
    Died 11 December
    Place of birthBadrukhan, Jind State, British India
    Allegiance&#;British India
    &#;India
    RankMajor General
    Commands held Jind Infantry, Indian State Forces
    Patiala Brigade, PEPSU forces
    Unknown Infantry Brigade beneath 26 Infantry Division, Jammu and Kashmir state
    Indian Custodian Force, Korea
    Battles/warsBattle of Singapore, World War II
    Korean War
    AwardsPadma Shri
    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
    Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
    Relations Lt. Gen. Harbaksh Singh, VrC (brother)

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    Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa

    This article is about the Sikh activist. For Punjabi writer, see Gurbaksh Singh.

    Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa was an Indian Sikhcivil rightsactivist, demanding the release of Sikh prisoners from various jails in India.

    Early life

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    Khalsa was born on 12 December , in Kurukshetra, Haryana to father Ajit Singh and mother Mohinder Kaur. He took primary and Sikh religious education from the Gurdwara Lakhnaur Sahib and was also baptized there. In , he married Jasbir Kaur and had a son.

    Campaign

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    In November , Khalsa went on a day hunger strike. The campaign was ended after Giani Gurbachan Singh (Akal Thakat Jathedar), said to take up the issue with the State Government. After none of the detained Sikhs was released, Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa restarted his hunger strike, one year after his hunger strike.[2] Over the course of the campaign, he got support from various other Sikh bodies. A number of Punjabi singers, actors and other artists

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    Surat Singh Khalsa

    Indian civil rights and political activist (–)

    Surat Singh Khalsa (7 March – 14 January ), also known as Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa, was a civil rights and political activist from the Indian state of Punjab. Surat Singh Khalsa was involved with various political struggles related to Sikhs in Punjab, however, he was in the mids in the limelight for a hunger strike[1] as a form of peaceful protest against illegal and prolonged detention of political prisoners.

    Hunger strike

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    On 16 January , Khalsa began a hunger strike.[2] He refused food and water to seek the release of Sikh political prisoners who have completed their court sentences. Where he was seeking release of Sikh political prisoners, he also called for the unconditional release of prisoners of all religions who have completed their terms.[3]

    On 11 February , Surat Singh Khalsa wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi explaining the motive of his hun