Bimal Kaur Khalsa

Imprisonment and politics She contested from two Vidhan Sabha seats in the 1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Chamkaur Sahib and Pakka Kalan as an Independent candidate. She finished second in both the constituencies.

On April 30, 1986, then Chief Minister Surjit Singh Barnala ordered troops into Darbar Sahib again to flush out the Kharkus who were residing in the gurudwara complex. On June 4, 1986, she went to Darbar Sahib with 3,500 members, to mark the anniversary of the Operation Blue Star and to speak on the atrocities of the government. at this time Surjit Barnala essentially had his guards throughout the Gurudwara complex to ensure stop the Khalistan movement. She delivered an incendiary speech. The crowd cheered for Khalistan and openly threatened to kill Surjit Singh Barnala. In a confrontation with his men and Sikh protesters, a guard was killed.

After her speech, she was arrested, charged for murder, and served 2 years in jail. She now had further leverage, and political strength, both of which made her a more serious threat to the government.

Death Bimal Kaur died on 2 September 1991. The police said she died from electrocution from her washing machine. Some reports that reached the press indicated that Bimal kaur consumed cyanide. Both these reasons are disputed by her relatives. They said that she was picked up by police and poisoned with cyanide which they claimed was a common tactic against kharkus around that time. They demanded a post-mortem which, under normal circumstances, the police was bound to conduct on request but the police refused this.

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In popular culture A Punjabi movie named Chardikala was released on 29th May 2026 based on life of Bimal Kaur Khalsa where Roopi Gill performed her role