GANGANAGAR, Rajasthan, India—Rajasthan based Sikh Sangat will observe the martyrdom day of Sikh freedom fighters Bhai Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Bhai Harjinder Singh Jinda who assassinated General Arun Vaidiya, at Karanpur in Ganganagar district of the state on large scale on October 9. Karanur is the native town of Bhai Sukha. A religious function will be organized to mark the martyrdom day.
The function is being organized with special efforts of Bhai Amrik Singh Ajnala, chief of Ajnala faction of Damdami Taksal.
The large scale religious functions are being organized at Gadli (district Amritsar), the native village of Harjinder Singh Jinda, and at Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Sri Amritsar.
It is pertinent to mention that both the martyrs are popular among Sikhs as ‘Sukha-Jinda,’ who were hanged by the Indian state for assassinating General Arun Vaidiya, former chief of Indian army, under whose command the Indian army had attacked Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar, the supreme Sikh shrine, and other Sikh Gurdwaras in June 1984. They wrote a historical letter to the president of India.
In their letter, Bhai Sukha-Jinda had made it clear that they had no personal enmity with Arun Vaidya and they had followed the path shown by the Sikh history and traditions. They had admitted the assassination of Arun Vaidya and happily accepted death sentences awarded by an Indian court.
May God Be with u Bhai Sukha and Bhai Jinda.Brave men.