1984
Bibi Upkar Kaur Khalsa
Fell in the defence of the Harmandir Sahib and the Akal Takht, Amritsar, June 1984.
Born in 1962 in Karnal, Haryana, she joined the Sikh Students Federation at college and led its women's wing from 1982.
On the night of 5–6 June she was moving towards the Atal Rai quarters with two other Sikh women when they were met by soldiers; she was killed in the firing.
Biography summarised from 1984tribute.com, based on information from families.
In the first week of June 1984 the Indian Army surrounded and attacked the Harmandir Sahib complex in Amritsar while it was full of pilgrims gathered for the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan. A few hundred Singhs under Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Bhai Amrik Singh and General Shabeg Singh held the Akal Takht and the buildings around the sarovar against infantry, commandos and finally tanks.
The fighting ended on the morning of 6–7 June. The Akal Takht was left in ruins and the Sikh Reference Library burned. The Panth remembers those who fell in its defence as shaheeds, and their names are read at the Akal Takht each June.