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Photos

Photographs from a private collection. Select any image to enlarge.

— Portraits

Seated formal portrait in a navy turban, holding a kirpan.
1 Formal portrait
Portrait in a navy dastaar and white kurta, holding a kirpan.
2 Portrait with kirpan

— The 1960s

Crowds massed on the facade and balconies of Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib, with police ranks assembled in the street below.
3 Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib, during the Punjabi Suba Morcha · 1960
Seated in conversation with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who is gesturing mid-sentence.
4 With Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Seated at a desk signing a document, a DDA official beside him pointing to the page, three men standing behind.
5 Signing papers concerning the Kotwali · October 1968
Standing before a large seated sangat with white and gold domes behind.
6 Before the sangat

— Public life, dates unrecorded

Standing among political figures at an outdoor gathering under a canopy.
7 A political gathering
Standing beside Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at an indoor gathering.
8 With Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Walking through a doorway in a delegation, Indira Gandhi following.
9 Delegation, on the day
His wife greeting a garlanded Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at a reception.
10 Bibi Satya Kaur with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

— 1980–1981

Indira Gandhi standing close before him, her head bowed, his hands clasped over hers.
11 Indira Gandhi at his home to thank him after her return to power · 1980
Seated at home with Darbara Singh and three others, garlands and sweets on the table before them.
12 With Darbara Singh, whose appointment as Chief Minister of Punjab he secured · June 1980
A large group of Sikh men gathered outdoors in bright sunlight, one carrying a kirpan.
13 Outside Firozpur Jail, on the release of Sant Jarnail Singh · 15 October 1981

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