Satwant Singh

The assassination of Gandhi brought their immediate families into the limelight,^[10] resulting in their winning two Lok Sabha seats from state of Punjab.^[11] The Lok Sabha is a directly elected 543 member house of the Parliament of India.

In the aftermath of the executions of Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh, communal violence occurred in Punjab, resulting in 14 Hindus being killed by militants.^[12][13] In 2003, a Bhog ceremony was held at the highest Sikh temporal seat in Akal Takht, located in the Golden Temple Complex in Amritsar, where tributes were paid to Indira Gandhi's assassins.^[14]

In 2004, the anniversary of his death was again observed at Akal Takhat, Amritsar, where his mother was honored by the head priest and tributes were paid to Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh by various political parties.^[15] In 2007, the death anniversaries of Satwant Singh and his wife were observed in various parts of Punjab and other countries. On 6 January 2008, the Akal Takht declared Beant Singh and Satwant Singh "martyrs of Sikhism",^[14][16][17] while the SGPC also labeled them "martyrs of the Sikh nation".

The Sikh-centric political party in India, Shiromani Akali Dal, observed the death anniversary of Beant Singh and Satwant Singh as "martyrdom" for the first time on 31 October 2008.^[18] Every 31 October since, this date has been observed at Sri Akal Takht Sahib.^[19]

A film called Kaum de Heere was made about him in 2014.^[20]

Singh's father was Tarlok Singh.^[15] He married Surinder Kaur (daughter of Virsa Singh) on 2 May 1988 while he was in prison.^[21] His fiancée wed him in absentia by "marrying" his photo in an Anand Karaj.^[22][23]