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  1. Oct 2, 2023 · Hardeep Singh Nijjar was born in the district of Jalandhar in the North Indian state of Punjab. As a young man in 1997, he moved to Canada, where he married, had two sons and worked as a plumber ...

  2. Movement. Khalistan. Hardeep Singh Nijjar (11 October 1977 – 18 June 2023) was a Canadian Sikh involved with the Khalistan movement, which calls for an independent Sikh state. [ 3][ 4] Born in India, Nijjar migrated to Canada in the mid-1990s. [ 5] Sikh organizations viewed Nijjar as a human rights activist, while the Indian government ...

  3. Mar 8, 2024 · Hardeep Singh Nijjar stands outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., on July 2, 2019. He was shot and killed as he left his place of worship in Surrey on June 18, 2023. (Ben Nelms/CBC ...

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  4. May 3, 2024 · Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a pro-Khalistan activist and the president of a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C. His day job was working as a plumber. For years, the Indian government called him a terrorist ...

  5. Sep 19, 2023 · Ottawa and New Delhi expel diplomats as tensions escalate over killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. ... the man at the centre of the India-Canada row. Nijjar was born in 1977 in ...

  6. May 3, 2024 · Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and what happened to him? Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, was born in the North Indian state of Punjab. ... In Canada, Mr. Nijjar worked as a plumber, married and had two ...

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  8. Jun 22, 2023 · Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a plumber and a Sikh activist who was killed in Surrey, B.C., in 2023. He was wanted in India for alleged links to a militant group, but denied the charges and claimed he was tortured by police.