# Jagjit Singh Anand

> Jagjit Singh Anand was an Indian communist activist, journalist, author, and freedom fighter. He was the editor of Nawan Zamana for more than half a century. He is known for his plain speaking on the opportunism of the Akalis,, the Congress, and the terrorists during the Punjab Crisis in the last two decades of the twentieth century. Anand countered death threats defiantly: "I will not be cowed down by death threats and attempts on my life by the extremists and I will uphold the freedom of the press at all costs."

*Indian journalist and writer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1921-12-28
- **Died:** 2015-06-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Jagjit Singh Anand was an Indian communist activist, journalist, author, and freedom fighter. He was the editor of Nawan Zamana for more than half a century. He is known for his plain speaking on the opportunism of the Akalis,, the Congress, and the terrorists during the Punjab Crisis in the last two decades of the twentieth century. Anand countered death threats defiantly: "I will not be cowed down by death threats and attempts on my life by the extremists and I will uphold the freedom of the press at all costs."

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.6

## Sources
- [Jagjit Singh Anand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagjit_Singh_Anand)
- [जगजीत सिंह आनंद](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6)
- [ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਅਨੰਦ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%98_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6)
- [جگجیت سنگھ آنند](https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%AF%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%DA%BE_%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF)
- [جگجیت سنگھ آنند](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%AF%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%DA%BE_%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20165819)

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