Name Jaimal Padda | Role Poet Died March 17, 1988 | |
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Occupation Writer, Poet, Activist | ||
Punjabi poet jaimal singh padda reciting his poem mitran di yaad piyari
Jaimal Singh Padda was a poet, communist activist. He was shot dead on 17 March 1988 in Lakhan ka Padda village, Kapurthala district by Khalistan movement extremists. He was filmed reciting his poem Una Mitterandi Yaad Pyari, before his death, by Anand Patwardhan in his documentary Una Mitterandi Yaad Pyari.
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