Darkness Defied : The Life and Legacy of Jaswant Singh Khalra

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Darkness Defied : The Life and Legacy of Jaswant Singh Khalra by Ajmer Singh is a biography of Jaswant Singh Khalra, the Sikh human rights defender whose investigation into disappearances and alleged extrajudicial killings in Punjab brought international attention to human rights concerns during the late 1980s and 1990s.

The book examines Khalra’s life, intellectual development, activism and determination to document evidence despite serious risks. It places his work within the wider context of Punjab’s modern history, political violence, civil liberties and human rights and discusses the circumstances surrounding his abduction and killing in 1995.

For readers interested in Jaswant Singh Khalra, Sikh history, Punjab history, human rights, civil liberties and modern Indian history, this English edition provides an important biographical account of a major human rights figure.

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