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Also Known As Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale • Jarnail Singh
Born 1947 • India
Died June 6, 1984 (aged 37) • Amritsar • India

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Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale sits on a bed wearing an orange turban, surrounded by four men with turbans and beards, on a rooftop in Amritsar, India.
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