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Sant Simranjit Singh Mann (Punjabi: India ਮਾਨ) (born 20 May 1945 in Simla) is the Sikh politician from Punjab. He is president of the Sikh political party, Shiromani Akali Dal. Mann has been arrested or detained some 30 times but he has never been convicted. In 1984, he resigned his post as Commandant of the Central Industrial Security Force (I.P.S.) in Bombay〔 in protest of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and attack on the most sacred shrine Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) during Operation Blue Star which was carried out by the Indian army, and was detained. Mann was charged, among other things, with conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He was elected ''in absentia'' to India's Parliament by an overwhelming mandate in the State of Punjab, and unconditionally released "in the interests of the State", with all charges dropped, after five years in prison, in November 1989. He was denied an Indian passport on the grounds that he was "threat to the security and integrity of India". Mann was denied entry into the Indian Parliament when he insisted on carrying a kirpan, which is allowed under the Indian constitution, with him. In May 1993, while campaigning in support of a candidate during the Jalandhar by-elections, a gunman attempted to assassinate Mann. No one was charged in the crime. On 3 November 1999, after Mann was elected to the Indian Parliament, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered the Union of India and the Passport Office in Chandigarh to issue a passport to Mann. Mann is a two time Member of Parliament, winning from Taran Tarn in 1989 and Sangrur in 1999. ==Background== He comes from a political family. His father Lt. Col. Joginder Singh Mann was a speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha (also known as Punjab Legislative Assembly) in 1967. He is married to Geetinder Kaur Mann. Mann's wife and Capt. Amarinder Singh's wife Maharani Preneet Kaur are sisters. He was educated at the Bishop Cotton School, Shimla and Government College Chandigarh. He was a gold medalist in subject "History"〔 He has one son Emaan Singh and two daughters Pavit Kaur and Nanki Kaur.〔 Some news agencies also spell his son's name as Imaan Singh Mann. His son is also a politician. He regards Bhagat Singh as a terrorist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Simranjit Singh Mann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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