Sikhs throughout the world are commemorating the Shaheedi of Bhai Satwant Singh, Bhai Beant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh who took revenge on Indra Gandhi, the Indian prime minister who had attacked the holiest shrines of the Sikhs, Sri Akaal Takht Sahib and Sri Darbar Sahib and had also killed thousands of Sikhs.
Both surrendered and were showered with bullets, Bhai Beant Singh died at the spot but Bhai Satwant Singh was saved. Bhai Kehar Singh and Uncle of Bhai Beant Singh was arrested on the charges of joining conspiracy to murder Indra Gandhi, Bhai Satwant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh refused to make petition for mercy. They were hung in their jail, Delhi, on January 6th 1989.
Their bodies were cremated in jail and their ashes were submerged in a river under the army escort. Before their martyrdom they said that we had done everything after full consideration and could repeat the same, if necessary. Kehar Singh’s sons were dismissed from jobs by the Delhi administration simply because they were the sons of Bhai Kehar Singh.
The thoughts of the whole Sikh Nation are with Bhai Satwant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh. The brutal Indian regime may have killed Bhai Satwant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh, but in the hearts of all Sikhs, they will forever live. They are immortalised in paintings on the walls of Sikh Gurdwaras, and they have recorded their names in the Volumes of Sikh History. They were the modern day Bhai Sukha Singh and Bhai Mehtab Singh.
