Bathinda Senior Superintendent of Police Gulneet Singh Khurana told the media “it was not a terror attack and seemed to be some internal development in the military station”.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/not-a-terror-attack-punjab-police-on-bathinda-military-station-firing/

Dharna outside Niayanwala police station in Bathinda.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/bku-protest-stubble-burning-police-bathinda-fir-9014552/

During the British rule, Bathinda and its surrounding areas remained under the British flag and away from the Khalsa Raj of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/how-the-bathinda-military-station-one-of-the-countrys-largest-came-into-being-8553286/

Manpreet again lost, from Bathinda, to his sister-in-law Harsimrat Kaur Badal, by more than 20,000 votes.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/bathinda-plots-punjab-loyalties-mann-manpreet-badal-singla-8866419/

Notably, Bathinda registered the highest number of reported deaths at 38, followed by Tarn Taran (30), Ferozepur (19), and Amritsar (Rural) (17), where 12 deaths occurred in a single year.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/deaths-overdose-drugs-punjab-hinterland-9081656/

The translator of the book, Dr Paramjit Singh Ramana is a former Professor of English and Head, University Regional Centre, Bathinda.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/book-nook-nothing-lost-translation-punjabi-mai-san-judges-ardali-8866316/