Gajinder Singh Safri

Gajinder Singh Safri (25 December 1950 – 12 January 2020) was the second Sikh to be elected as a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan.[1][2] He was the brother-in-law of Jai Singh Fani, the first Sikh MP, and secured representation in the 1988 parliamentary election.[1][3] He fled into United Kingdom after the Najbullah Ministry abdicated power in 1992.[2]

References

"Brave Narinder Pal Singh nominated lone Sikh MP in Afghanistan". The World Sikh News. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
"IN MEMORIAM | S. Gajinder Singh". SikhNet. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
Wardak, Mohammad Omar (2021). Religion, Politics and Education in Afghanistan, 1950s−1980s: The Case of Habibia High School (Thesis). The University of Sydney. p. 249.

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[:0-1] "Brave Narinder Pal Singh nominated lone Sikh MP in Afghanistan". The World Sikh News. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[:1-2] "IN MEMORIAM | S. Gajinder Singh". SikhNet. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[3] Wardak, Mohammad Omar (2021). Religion, Politics and Education in Afghanistan, 1950s−1980s: The Case of Habibia High School (Thesis). The University of Sydney. p. 249.