As per The Tribune, the day of the Nirankari-Sikh clash (April 13, 1978) was also the day when his marriage was fixed.
The New York Times described Sukhdev Singh Babbar as the president of the Babbar Khalsa International, the best armed, most feared and most powerful of dozens of the freedom fighers groups in Punjab State that are fighting for an independent state for Sikhs, known as Khalistan [REF].