Ajmer Singh

Ajmer Singh (born 1948) is an Indian Sikh political thinker and author in the Punjabi language. He was a naxalite for the majority of his life, working underground for 31 years. He is currently active in Sikh ideology and history, writing a series of books on Sikh history, and has been termed a Khalistan proponent. He is said to have been a deep influence on Deep Sidhu, the erstwhile founder of the Sikh activist organisation Waris Punjab De. Ajmer Singh was born on 15 June 1948 in Mandi Kalan, Bathinda district in Punjab, India. His parents were Gurdial Kaur and Bir Singh. He enrolled for the Bachelor of Engineering at the Guru Nanak Dev Engineering Coll in Ludhiana. But he left with his studies incomplete and joined the Naxalite movement. He is said to have become the leader of Naxalites in Punjab and remained underground for 31 years, 1970 to 2001.