B. N. Kumar
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Died | 7 November 1988 Chandigarh, India |
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Rank | Major General |
Major General B. N. Kumar was an Indian Army officer.[1] He was chairman of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB).[2] He was shot dead by militants in Chandigarh on 7 November 1988.[3][4] He was the highest ranking military personnel to be killed by Sikh militants during the insurgency.[5]
References
- ^ Bhatnagar, Ved (1998). Challenges to India's Integrity: Terrorism, Casteism, Communalism. Jaipur: Rawat Publications. pp. 211–212. ISBN 978-81-7033-442-2.
- ^ Dilagīra, Harajindara Siṅgha (1997). The Sikh Reference Book. Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark. p. 710. ISBN 9780969596424.
- ^ Assassins in Punjab Kill an Indian Army General - New York Times
- ^ Singh, Gurmit (1989). History of Sikh Struggles. Vol. 4. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 108.
- ^ Sifakis, Carl (2013). Encyclopedia of Assassinations: More than 400 Infamous Attacks that Changed the Course of History (Revised ed.). Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781626363250.
On November 7, 1988, gunmen presumed to be Sikhs machine-gunned to death Major General B. N. Kumar, the highest ranking Indian army officer to be killed by terrorists in six years of violence in the Punjab.
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