Baldev Singh Mann

Baldev Mann
Personal details
Born
Baldev Maan

(1952-07-09)9 July 1952
Bagga Kalan, Punjab, India
Died26 September 1986(1986-09-26) (aged 34)
Bagga Kalan, Amritsar district
Cause of deathKilled by Khalistani militants
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy
SpouseParamjit Kaur
ChildrenSonia Mann
OccupationEditor of Hirawal Dasta

Baldev Mann was a left-wing activist of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy. He was a state level leader of Kirti Kisan Union and the editor of Hirawal Dasta,[1][2] a revolutionary journal of the Naxalites.

On 26 September 1986, during the insurgency in Punjab, India, he was killed by Sikh militants while on his way to his village, Bagga Kalan, in Amritsar district. His daughter is actress Sonia Mann.

  1. ^ "Militancy Scenario in Punjab" (PDF). Punjab Government. 21 April 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Bleeding Punjab : A Report to the Nation" (PDF). Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist). September 1992. Retrieved 1 October 2018.