Navkiran Kaur Khalra is an Indian human rights advocate, who primarily advocates for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Punjab. She is the daughter of the famous Sikh human rights activist, Jaswant Singh Khalra.
Wiki/Biography
Navkiran Kaur Khalra was born in 1985 (age 38 years; in 2023) in Amritsar, Punjab. His ancestral village is Khalra. His father was kidnapped and killed by the Punjab Police in 1995 when he was ten years old. Since then, his family has been actively working with the Khalra Mission Committee to preserve his father’s legacy by fighting for human rights. The Khalra Mission Committee was founded by his father in 1995 to investigate extrajudicial killings by the Punjab Police during the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. Growing up in such an environment instilled activism in Navkiran as well. He went to school in Amritsar, Punjab. Later, Navkiran migrated to the US for higher education. In 2009, he moved to Fresno, California, where he earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering from California State University, Fresno (Fresno State). Navkiran actively represents the Sikh cause to the Sikh Diaspora and other communities and human rights defenders. He actively spoke about his father at various religious and cultural events.
Navkiran Kaur Khalra speaking at the Sikh Freedom Rally Address in San Francisco in 2018
Finally, he started living in California, USA.
Family
Parents & Siblings
Navkiran Kaur’s father, Jaswant Singh Khalra, was a prominent Sikh Human Rights activist who investigated and highlighted the 25,000 unclaimed bodies (of Sikhs) that were burned by the Panjab security forces during the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. In 1995, he was kidnapped and killed by Panjab Police led by KPS Gill for exposing evidence against Panjab police in International forum.
Jaswant Singh Khalra
Navkiran’s mother, Paramjit Kaur, works as a librarian at the Guru Nanak Dev University library in Amritsar. After Khalra’s death, she became a human rights defender and worked with the Khalra Mission Organization to seek justice for the 25,000 unclaimed bodies and to convict her husband’s killers. In 2019, he contested from the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency on Ekta’s Punjab Party ticket, but he lost the seat.
Jaswant Singh Khalra’s wife, Paramjit Kaur
His brother, Janmeet Singh, is married to Itinderjeet Kaur and has a daughter.
Jaswant Singh Khalra’s son, Janmeet Singh Khalra
Husband & Son
In 2018, Navkiran Kaur married Dalbir Singh. Together, they have a son.
Navkiran Kaur Khalra wedding day pictures
From left to right, Navkiran Kaur, Paramjit Kaur (holding Navkiran Kaur’s son), and Dalbir Singh
religion
He followed the Sikh religion.
Facts/Trivia
- He is an active supporter of Khalistan. In 2021, he tweeted celebrating the assassination of CM Beant Singh and praised Dilawar Singh Babbar for ending the Sikh genocide.
Navkiran Kaur Khalra’s tweet celebrates the assassination of CM Beant Singh and praises the contribution of Dilawar Singh Babbar to end the massacre of Sikhs in Punjab
- In 2022, it was announced that Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh will play the role of Jaswant Singh Khalra in his biopic. After that, several people staged a protest on the sets of the biopic Khalra protesting Diljit Dosanjh’s casting of a character calling him “Videshi” and stating that he is a westerner.
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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
