Bant Singh

Bant Singh is a Sikh labourer and singer from the Jhabhar village in Mansa district, Punjab, India, who has emerged as an agricultural labour activist, fighting against the power of the landowner. Described by Amit Sengupta as "an icon of Dalit resistance he has been active in organizing poor, agricultural workers, activism that continues despite a 2006 attack that cost him both of his lower arms and his left leg."

On the evening of 7 January 2006, Then he was taken to the PGI at Chandigarh, where both lower arms and one leg had to be amputated since gangrene had set in by then, and his kidneys had collapsed due to blood loss. The doctor was eventually suspended for his conduct.

His biography titled The Ballad of Bant Singh: A Qissa of Courage, written by Nirupama Dutt was published in 2016.

The story of Bant Singh was dramatised and featured on the hit TV show Savdhaan India in its special edition of 100 Days 100 Fightbacks.

Bant Singh was featured in 'Chords of Change' TV series and in a 2020 Tamil film 'Gypsy'.