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'''Jaimal Singh Padda''' was a poet, [[communist]] activist. He was shot dead on 17 March 1988 in Lakhan ka Padda village, [[Kapurthala district]] by [[Khalistan movement]] extremists.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.massline.info/India/ht_MassRevLineDuringKhalistani.htm | title=The Mass Revolutionary Line During the Khalistani Movement in Punjab | work=Harsh Thakor | access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.straight.com/news/389916/gurpreet-singh-khalistani-separatists-killings-leave-legacy-sorrow-canada-and-us | title=Gurpreet Singh: Khalistani separatists' killings leave a legacy of sorrow in Canada and the U.S.| work=Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corp.| date= 9 June 2013| access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> He was filmed reciting his poem Una Mitterandi Yaad Pyari, before his death, by [[Anand Patwardhan]] in his documentary [[In memory of Friends|Una Mitterandi Yaad Pyari]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0EOAQAAMAAJ | title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema | publisher=Taylor & Francis Group |author1=Rajadhyaksha, Ashish |author2=Willemen, Paul | year=1999 | pages=494 | isbn=9781579581466}}</ref>

==Earlier Life and Activism==
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==Death==
During [[Punjab insurgency]], Jaimal Padda had been vocal against both the Sikh and the Hindu fundamentalists. He campaigned against both Sikh and Hindu fundamentalists. His slogan was “Naa Hindu Raaj, Naa Khalistan, Raaj Karega Mazdoor Kisaan” (Neither Hindu state, nor Khalistan, we want the working class to rule). On 17 March 1988, the shooters belonging to Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) shot him right outside his house.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sabrangindia.in/article/remembering-defender-secularism-who-died-standing-peoples-unity | title=Remembering defender of secularism who died for standing up for people's unity| work= Gurpreet Singh | date=17 March 2018 | access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Achhar Singh Chhina]]
*[[Baldev Singh Mann]]
*Chanan Singh Dhoot
*[[Darshan Singh Canadian]]
*[[Deepak Dhawan]]
*[[Nidhan Singh Gudhan]]
*[[Pash]]
*Professor Ravinder Singh Ravi
*Sarvan Singh Cheema
*Sumeet Preetlari
*[[Teja Singh Swatantar]]
*[[Punjab insurgency]]
*[[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]

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[[Category:1988 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:People from Kapurthala district]]
[[Category:Activists from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Poets from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian Communist poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
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