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Gurmehar Kaur
BornJuly 1997[1]
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
EducationPursuing English Literature at Lady Shri Ram College for Women

Gurmehar Kaur is an Indian student activist.[2] She is currently studying English Literature at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University. She is also the ambassador for Postcards for Peace, a charitable organisation that helps eliminate any form of discrimination.[3] Gurmehar Kaur came to news as she was a part of the ‘Save DU campaign’ following the clashes in Ramjas College in February 2017 where activists of the ABVP allegedly clashed with students, where JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid were invited for a seminar. Earlier, she was in news due to a video released by her.

Early life

Gurmehar Kaur was born to Rajvinder Kaur and Captain Mandeep Singh in Jalandhar.[4] She completed her education at St. Joseph's Convent School, Jalandhar . Her father, Mandeep Singh, was one of the seven personnel killed at 1:15am IST after a Rashtriya Rifle camp was attacked by militants in Jammu and Kashmir on 6 August 1999.[5]

The Kargil War ended on 26 July 1999.[6]

Controversies

Indo-Pak peace message video

On 28 April 2016, a video was uploaded to Facebook by Voice of Ram (Ram Subramanian), featuring Gurmehar Kaur.[7]

The video was also uploaded to YouTube by Voice of Ram.[8]

Gurmehar Kaur launched a #ProfileForPeace campaign in April 2016, advocating peace between India and Pakistan in the video. The video went viral[9] on February 2017, after Gurmehar came forward with a social media message against the violence done by ABVP in Delhi University.[10][11] It attracted much controversy and ridicule, particularly a statement: "PAKISTAN DID NOT KILL MY DAD, WAR KILLED HIM"[12][13][14]

In 2017, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs of India Kiren Rijiju commented on her video that 'Some Political forces are behind her statements (Spoiling the minds of the students)'.[15] Former cricketer Virender Sehwag posted an image saying, "I didn't score triple centuries, my bat did".[16] Javed Akhtar also commented on this issue as he counterattacked on all those who were against Gurmehar.[17]

Gurmehar's mother showed support for her daughter clarifying that "Her message in the video should be seen in a larger perspective. What she actually wanted to say was that war always brings destruction. I never wanted her to look at people of Pakistan or any other country with hatred. Situations make people kill each other during a war." [18]

Save DU Campaign

She started Save DU campaign against ABVP in February 2017 in which she opposed the violence that erupted at the Ramjas College Campus after the lectures of Umar Khalid and Sheila Rashid were cancelled due to ABVP's protest.[19] She received death and rape threats for starting this campaign and later on she left the campaign.[20]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Who is Gurmehar Kaur?". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Who is Gurmehar Kaur? What's the ongoing #SaveDU campaign all about? All your questions answered". The Indian Express. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ Sehgal, Manjeet. "All about Gutmehar Kaur's Father Captain Mandeep Singh". M.indiatoday.in. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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  8. ^ [5]
  9. ^ "Anurag Kashyap speaks on Gurmehar Kaur row, says social media is being used for political polarisation". Inuth.com. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ "Meet Gurmehar Kaur, the DU student and martyr's daughter who took on ABVP | delhi". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Virender Sehwag Defends Himself Over Gurmehar Kaur Issue in 3 Tweets – NDTV Sports". Sports.ndtv.com. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Who Is The Indian Media's Latest Student Muse Gurmehar Kaur?". Timesnow.tv. 27 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ "Gurmehar Kaur's father died defending company HQ". The Indian Express. 28 February 2017.
  14. ^ Ghoshal, Arkadev. "Gurmehar Kaur's father is NOT a Kargil War hero... but he is a hero nonetheless". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Why Gurmehar Kaur is wrong and why it's dangerous to tag everyone who disagrees with her a 'troll'". Firstpost. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Gurmehar Kaur straight bats Sehwag, asks if its ok to make fun of a fathers death". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  17. ^ Akhtar, Javed (1 March 2017). "Javed Akhtar Says Gurmehar Kaur Trolled By 'Hardly Literate Player, Wrestler'". NDTV India. Retrieved 1 March 2017. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  18. ^ "Gurmehar Kaur's mother to India Today: It pains when she's called anti-national, proud of what she did : India, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Delhi Police fails to identify suspects who threatened Gurmehar Kaur". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  20. ^ "Rape threats: cops yet to identify suspects". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 March 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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