Malkiat Singh Sidhu (died 27 April 1991) was the former of Punjab, India. He was a member of the Akali Dal political party. In 1986, he was named Minister of State. On 25 May 1986, he was ambushed by four Canadian Sikhs who learned he was visiting the country on a private matter, and shot. Although he survived the assassination attempt, he was killed five years later at his home in India.