B. N. Kumar

B. N. Kumar
B. N. Kumar
Died	7 November 1988; Chandigarh, India
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Army
Rank	Major General

Major General B. N. Kumar was an Indian Army officer.[1] He was chairman of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB).[2] He was shot dead by militants in Chandigarh on 7 November 1988.[3][4] He was the highest ranking military personnel to be killed by Sikh militants during the insurgency.[5]

References

Bhatnagar, Ved (1998). Challenges to India's Integrity: Terrorism, Casteism, Communalism. Jaipur: Rawat Publications. pp. 211–212. ISBN 978-81-7033-442-2.
Dilagīra, Harajindara Siṅgha (1997). The Sikh Reference Book. Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark. p. 710. ISBN 9780969596424.
Assassins in Punjab Kill an Indian Army General - New York Times
Singh, Gurmit (1989). History of Sikh Struggles. Vol. 4. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 108.
Sifakis, Carl (2013). Encyclopedia of Assassinations: More than 400 Infamous Attacks that Changed the Course of History (Revised ed.). Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781626363250. On November 7, 1988, gunmen presumed to be Sikhs machine-gunned to death Major General B. N. Kumar, the highest ranking Indian army officer to be killed by terrorists in six years of violence in the Punjab.

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[1] Bhatnagar, Ved (1998). Challenges to India's Integrity: Terrorism, Casteism, Communalism. Jaipur: Rawat Publications. pp. 211–212. ISBN 978-81-7033-442-2.

[2] Dilagīra, Harajindara Siṅgha (1997). The Sikh Reference Book. Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark. p. 710. ISBN 9780969596424.

[3] Assassins in Punjab Kill an Indian Army General - New York Times

[4] Singh, Gurmit (1989). History of Sikh Struggles. Vol. 4. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 108.

[5] Sifakis, Carl (2013). Encyclopedia of Assassinations: More than 400 Infamous Attacks that Changed the Course of History (Revised ed.). Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781626363250. On November 7, 1988, gunmen presumed to be Sikhs machine-gunned to death Major General B. N. Kumar, the highest ranking Indian army officer to be killed by terrorists in six years of violence in the Punjab.