Naranjan Singh Bhalla, popularly known as Bhalla Sahib, was a Sikh leader from Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of India in the 20th century. He played an active role in the Indian freedom movement and evaded arrest many times. During the tribal raid of 1947, when the tribal, aided by the Pakistan army, attacked Kashmir, he played a prominent role in saving the members of the Sikh community in the Kashmir valley.
Bhalla Sahib saved the lives of many members of the Sikh community who were easily identifiable and attacked and brutally killed by the raiders. He led a group of Sikhs to stay in a jungle, where they stayed without food for 18 days, and he risked his life to bring food for the trapped members of the community. He played an active role in retrieving the heads of the five Sikhs beheaded by the tribal. Bhalla Sahib remained an active member of the Shiromani Akali Dal in Kashmir. He passed away in 1996.
Naranjan Singh Bhalla
(★ – 1996) – (Jammu & Kashmir)
Naranjan Singh Bhalla, popularly known as Bhalla Sahib, was a Sikh leader from Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of India in the 20th century. He played an active role in the Indian freedom movement and evaded arrest many times. During the tribal raid of 1947, when the tribal, aided by the Pakistan army, attacked Kashmir, he played a prominent role in saving the members of the Sikh community in the Kashmir valley.
Bhalla Sahib saved the lives of many members of the Sikh community who were easily identifiable and attacked and brutally killed by the raiders. He led a group of Sikhs to stay in a jungle, where they stayed without food for 18 days, and he risked his life to bring food for the trapped members of the community. He played an active role in retrieving the heads of the five Sikhs beheaded by the tribal. Bhalla Sahib remained an active member of the Shiromani Akali Dal in Kashmir. He passed away in 1996.
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