[1] Sodhi was born in 1962 in a Bains Jat Sikh family of village Kotli Bawa Dass,[2] Hoshiarpur District.

Sodhi also became a member of Harian Bela Nihang Dal where he learned Gatka, but would leave soon after and join Damdami Taksal where he would get full Santhiya of Guru Granth Sahib.

A group of Nirankaris allegedly made disrespectful remarks about the Chola of Sodhi and some Nihangs.

In response, Sodhi grabbed a rake and began beating the group, injuring 15 and leading to his arrest.

[4] Sodhi would quickly become close to Bhindranwale, eventually becoming his chief bodyguard and transport minister for his ability to drive anything from a scooter to an airplane.

[10][5] In 1981, Sodhi, under orders from Bhindranwale, bought 18 pistols and a plethora of ammunition near the Nepal border with another Sikh.

Sodhi would be tortured while in jail by the SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) of Hoshiarpur District, Avtar Singh Atwal.

As Resham was talking about Bhindranwale, supposedly negatively, Labh Singh and Sodhi pulled out stenguns and opened fire killing him instantly.

It is said that Sodhi and Labh Singh fled on a Royal Enfield Bullet and fired victory shots.

[24] 10 days after Rasta Roko Morcha, a Home Guards armory in Ferozepur was looted in revenge.

Sodhi, Labh and Nagoke grabbed the guns of the killed policemen, those being a stengun and revolver.

[27][28][29][4][30][31] On 18 June 1983, Sodhi and Manbir Singh Chaheru shot dead chief of Criminal Investigation Agency Phagwara Inspector Rattan Chand Sharda in his office.

To escape Sodhi drove his motorcycle, a bullet, on a single beam of the rail track[8] for 3 miles.

Sodhi, Nagoke, and Labh drove away shouting "Bole so Nihal; Sat Sri Akal".

[4][41][42][43][44] A lyric from a famous dhadi ballad about this translates to, "3 Singhs of the Guru came like a horse; At the opportunity they came to Mukhtsar and brought freedom; A new flag has been flown by the motorcyclewale.

He ran out of the hotel and attempted to flee, but failed to do so and was killed outside with a spray of bullets in his head and chest.

[48][29][49][50][4][20][43][44][51][47] A famous lyric from a Kavishari song about this incident translates to, "Makhan was doing great sins regularly; his death came beautifully.

Labh Singh opened fire with a stengun killing Khann's bodyguard and others, all of whom were sitting.

[4][72][73][74][75] Khanna had raised slogans translating to, "We are not going to let any second or third group exist, we are not going to let a turban remain on any head; the kacchera, the kara, the kirpan, send these to Pakistan".

[70][76][77] In February 1984 he led a mob that destroyed a replica of the Golden Temple at Amritsar railway station and put feces and lit cigarettes on a painting of Guru Ram Das which had been on display for many years.

[79] A famous lyric from a Kavishari song about this incident translates to, "Jago (Referring to Sikh revolution) made Harbans Lal Khanna spill red.

[52] On 3 April 1984, Surinder Singh Sodhi killed Rajya Sabha member of the Congress party and professor Dr. V. N.

He fired 6 bullets into Tiwari at point-blank range and fled into a getaway vehicle, a grey fiat, waiting for them.

They said they would kill ''one senior officer every day in Punjab'' until the ban on the All India Sikh Student Federation is lifted.

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said, ''The killing of such a person is an index of the madness which has seized the terrorists''.

The day after the killing the entire opposition in the Lok Sabha walked out and boycotted proceedings in honour of Tiwari.

Bhajan Lal as head of the Haryana government in November 1982 had Sikh indiscriminately stopped, searched, and humiliated who planned to hold a protest at the Delhi Asia Games.

The first revenge attack was on Jasit Singh the owner of the tea shop where Sodhi was killed.

Malik Bhaita, the Akali Dal head of Amritsar, confessed to his role in arranging the taxi for Shinda's escape.

[88] On 25 April 1984, Longowal wrote a letter to Indira Gandhi informing her that Gurcharan Singh's life is in danger since his role in plot to kill Sodhi is out.