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Simranjit Singh Mann (Punjabi: ਸਿਮਰਨਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਾਨ) (Date of Birth - May 20, 1945, Simla, India)^[1] is a leader of the Sikh struggle in Punjab to achieve an independent homeland, Khalistan^[2]^[3]^[4]. Mr. Mann has been arrested or detained some 30 times but he has never been convicted.

Mr. Mann was detained in 1984 after resigning his post as Commandant of the Central Industrial Security Force (I.P.S.) in Bombay^[5]; his action was in protest to India's attack on the Sikhs' most sacred shrine Hari Mandir (Golden Temple) during Operation Blue Star. Mann was charged, among other things, with conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He was eventually unconditionally released with all charges dropped after five years in prison. He was released officially "in the interests of the State," in November 1989 after being elected in absentia to India's Parliament by an overwhelming mandate in the State of Punjab. Mr. Mann was denied entry into the Parliament House when he insisted on carrying the sword in with him inside the Parliament. He was also denied an Indian passport on the grounds of "threat to the security and integrity of India".

In May 1993, while campaigning in support of a candidate during the Jalandhar by-elections, an assassination attempt was made on Mr. Mann by a gunman. No perpetrators were charged in the crime.

On November 3, 1999, after Mr. Mann was elected to the Indian Parliament, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered the Union of India and the Passport Office in Chandigarh to issue a passport to Mr. Mann^[6].

Mr. Mann is a two time Member of Parliament, winning from Taran Tarn in 1989 and Sangrur in 1999^[7].

Background

He come from a political family. His father Joginder Singh Mann was a speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha (also known as Punjab Legislative Assembly) in 1967^[8]. His wife's name is Geetinder Kaur Mann^[9]. Ex-chief minister of Punjab Maharaja Amarinder Singh is his brother-in-law. Mann's wife and Maharaja Amarinder Singh's wife Maharani Preneet Kaur are sisters^[10].

He was educated at the Bishop Cotton School, Simla and Government College Chandigarh. He was a gold medalist in subject "History"^[11]

He has one son Emaan Singh and two daughters Pavit Kaur and Nanki Kaur^[12]. Some news agencies also spell his son's name as Imaan Singh Mann^[13]. His son is also a politician^[14]^[15].

Indian Police Service

He had appeared for Central Services Examination in 1966 and subsequently he joined Indian Police Services in the year 1967 and he was allocated "Punjab Cadre". He worked on several Indian Police Service positions, including Assistant Superintendent of Police Ludhiana, Senior Superintendent of Police Ferozepur, Senior Superintendent of Police Faridkot, Inspector-General of Police Railways, Patiala, Deputy Director of Vigilance Bureau Chandigarh, Commandant of Panjab Armed Police and Group Commandant of Industrial Security Force Bombay. He also served as Assistant Deputy Commissioner Governor of Panjab. To protest against Indian Government troops attack (also known as Operation Bluestar on Golden Temple he resigned from Indian Police Service on June 18, 1984^[16]^[17].

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External Links

[Simranjit Singh Mann's official Biodata]

[1] ttps://akalidalamritsar.net/President.asp

[2] ttp://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/full_story.php?content_id=89232

[3] ttp://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/pro-khalistan-slogans-raised-at-golden-temple_10057391.html

[4] ttp://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,464db4f52,46516083d,4829b559c,0.html

[5] ttps://akalidalamritsar.net/President.asp

[6] United Nations

[7] ttp://www.rediff.com/election/1999/oct/26inter.htm

[8] ttp://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/13equiz.htm

[9] ttp://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090420/punjab.htm#19

[10] ttp://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/17646/

[11] ttps://akalidalamritsar.net/President.asp

[12] ttps://akalidalamritsar.net/President.asp

[13] ttp://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071207/punjab1.htm

[14] ttp://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/6835/38/

[15] ttp://www.rediff.com/news/2002/feb/09onkar.htm

[16] ttps://akalidalamritsar.net/President.asp

[17] ttp://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/3153/38/

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 ==Background==
-He come from a political family. His father Joginder Singh Mann was a speaker of the Punjab [[Vidhan Sabha]] (also known as [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]) in 1967. His wife's name is Geetinder Kaur Mann<ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090420/punjab.htm#19</ref>. Ex-chief minister of Punjab Maharaja [[Amarinder Singh]] is his brother-in-law. Mann's wife and Maharaja [[Amarinder Singh]]'s wife Maharani [[Preneet Kaur]] are sisters<ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/17646/</ref>.
+He come from a political family. His father Joginder Singh Mann was a speaker of the Punjab [[Vidhan Sabha]] (also known as [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]) in 1967<ref>http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/13equiz.htm</ref>. His wife's name is Geetinder Kaur Mann<ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090420/punjab.htm#19</ref>. Ex-chief minister of Punjab Maharaja [[Amarinder Singh]] is his brother-in-law. Mann's wife and Maharaja [[Amarinder Singh]]'s wife Maharani [[Preneet Kaur]] are sisters<ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/17646/</ref>.
 He was educated at the [[Bishop Cotton School (Shimla)|Bishop Cotton School]], Simla and Government College [[Chandigarh]]. He was a gold medalist in subject "History"<ref>https://akalidalamritsar.net/President.asp</ref>