1. Gurbachan Singh was the third guru of the Sant Nirankari mission, considered to be heterodox by mainstream Sikhs.
13 Facts About Gurbachan Singh
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Gurbachan Singh was declared next Guru by his father and predecessor Baba Avtar Singh in 1962.
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Gurbachan Singh was assassinated in 1980 following a clash with Sikh fundamentalists.
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Gurbachan Singh was born to Avtar Singh and his wife Budhwanti.
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Gurbachan Singh completed his middle school education in Peshawar, and then matriculated from the Khalsa School in Rawalpindi.
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Gurbachan Singh had to abandon his higher studies due to the violence during the partition of India in 1947.
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Gurbachan Singh married Kulwant Kaur, the daughter of Bhai Manna Singh, 22 April 1947.
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In 1947, the Singh family migrated from the present-day Pakistan to present-day India.
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Gurbachan Singh established an auto parts business, first in Jalandhar and then in Delhi.
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Gurbachan Singh was declared as the next guru by his father on 3 December 1962 at Paharganj in Delhi.
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The Jatha leader Bhai Fauja Gurbachan Singh was one among the killed.
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On 28 September 1978, anticipating fresh trouble, the Punjab Government barred Nirankari Chief Gurbachan Singh from entering Punjab for six months.
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Ranjit Gurbachan Singh surrendered in 1983, and was in jail for 13 years.