The World - News from Aug. 26, 1985
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India’s main Sikh political party, Akali Dal, confirmed Surjit Singh Barnala, a confidant of slain leader Harchand Singh Longowal, as acting president, a party spokesman said. The spokesman said in Chandigarh, capital of violence-torn Punjab state, that Barnala, 60, a former lawyer, was elected at a meeting of the Akali Dal’s 25 district chiefs. Longowal was shot to death by Sikh extremists last week.
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