Jagtar Singh Hawara

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Jagtar Singh Hawara
Born	1973 Village Hawara, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India
Occupation	Former head of Indian Operations for Babbar Khalsa

Jagtar Singh Hawara(Punjabi:ਜਗਤਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਹਵਾਰਾ ), is a member of Babbar Khalsa. Babbar Khalsa. Jagtar Singh Hawara is also considered a freedom fighter among the supporters of the Khalistan movement.^{[citation needed]} He is a Jat of Bhangoo (bhangu) clan and belongs to Hawara village in Fatehgarh Sahib.^[1] His father died in 1991.^{[citation needed]} His mother's name is Narinder Kaur.^{[citation needed]} He is one of the main accused in the assassination of the Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.^[2] He was accused of the murder of a granthi (Sikh priest) of Muktsar at the age of 15 but was later acquitted.^[3]^[4] Hawara came back into limelight, in 2004, when he escaped from maximum security jail at Burail, along with 2 other Sikh prisoners by digging a 90 feet tunnel with his bare hands^[5] (Jagtar Singh Tara & Paramjit Singh Bheora), the third one was a cook.^[2]^[6]

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Letter by Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara to the Sikh Nation
Read Rare Interview with Jagtar Singh Hawara by Karamjeet Singh Chandigarh (Former Assistant Editor, Punjabi Tribune)

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Name	Hawara, Jagtar Singh
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Place of birth	Vill. Hawara, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India
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