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<div>{{short description|Indian politician}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder|<br />
| name = Darbara Singh Guru<br />
| office = [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]]<br />
| term = 2007 - 2011<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata = [[Parkash Singh Badal]]<br />
| image =<br />
}}<br />
'''Darbara Singh Guru''' is an Indian politician belongs <br />
to the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] party and a retired [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer. He remained the [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] to former Chief Minister of Punjab, [[Parkash Singh Badal]] from 2007 to 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lok Sabha election: SAD to pitch ex-bureaucrat Guru from Fatehgarh Sahib|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-election-sad-to-pitch-ex-bureaucrat-guru-from-fatehgarh-sahib/story-Pb3KSg0ewGAhLuIr9qAjPL.html|date=2019-03-24|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref> He has also remained the [[Deputy commissioner|Deputy Commissioner]] for Jalandhar. He contested for the 2019 [[2019 Indian general election in Punjab|2019 Indian General Election in Punjab]] from the constituency of [[Fatehgarh Sahib district]] but lost to Amar Singh from [[Indian National Congress]] putting up a tough fight.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former IAS officer DS Guru in SAD’s second list of 9 candidates|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/archive/former-ias-officer-ds-guru-in-sads-second-list-of-9-candidates-328741|last=Service|first=Tribune News|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref><br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
Guru's name was featured in the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] petition, accused of indiscriminate firing and killing of 4 Sikh youth in [[Nakodar]] in 1986. He was the officiating [[Deputy commissioner|Deputy Commissioner]] for Jalandhar in February 1986 and also officiated as the [[District magistrate|District Magistrate]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1986 Nakodar firing accused Darbara Singh Guru likely Fatehgarh Sahib Badal Dal nominee|url=https://www.theworldsikhnews.com/1986-nakodar-firing-accused-darbara-singh-guru-likely-fatehgarh-sahib-badal-dal-nominee/|date=2019-03-26|website=The World Sikh News|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref> Following the sacrilege on Gurdwara Guru Arjan in [[Nakodar]] on 2 February 1986, Darbara signed the curfew orders for February 3. He ordered the protesters to go to a different location where the police opened fire.<br />
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Darbara Singh Guru has denied any association with the killings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fatehgarh Sahib to take on Darbara Singh Guru, High Court hearing 8 May|url=https://www.theworldsikhnews.com/fatehgarh-sahib-to-take-on-darbara-singh-guru-high-court-hearing-8-may/|date=2019-04-02|website=The World Sikh News|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Sikhs]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Administrative Service officers]]<br />
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
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