Khalistan

This is a page that depicts Khalistani militants and paramilitary outfits. Khalistani militant and paramilitary outfits [ ] Name Founder + year Famous Actions See: Ranjit Singh Neeta Bomb blasts on trains and buses in Jammu, killing of DSP Devinder Sharma. Assassination of Rtd Chief General of Indian army and an architect of Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochal, (1984) Major encounter at Rataul village. Khalistan Armed Force aka Seetal Singh Matewal, (1990) Major encounter at Bolowali village. Aroor Singh (1986) Killing of SSP Gobind Ram, SSP A.S Brar, SP K.R.S Gill, based in the United Kingdom Tat Khalsa Encounter in Manakpur, and Operation Mand Malwa Kesri Commando Force Waryam Singh Khappianwali (1984) Babbar Khalsa is listed as a terrorist organisation by the United Kingdom, Others with less details [ ] • All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) • • Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF) • • Khalistan Liberation Organisation (KLO) • Khalistan National Army (KNA) • • Khalistan Guerilla Force • Khalistan Security Force • Pure Tigers • Khalsa Dal • Panthic Committee • • Eternal Party (Akali Dal) • All-India Shiromani Akali Dal • Bhindranwale Militant Group • Sikh International Organization • Khalistan National Army • Azad Khalistan See also [ ] • • References [ ] • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Minahan, James (2002). Encyclopedia of the stateless nations. 4: S - Z. Westport, Conn. London: Greenwood Press. p.2151. 978-0-313-32384-3. SIKHS: All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSE); Ba...

When Partition was imminent, the uncertainty faced by the Sikhs first took the shape of Sikhistan. By late noon on February 23, the country was abuzz with footage of a huge crowd of Sikhs—armed with lathis, swords, and guns—breaking barricades and taking over the Ajnala Police Station in Punjab’s Amritsar district. The police stood down because the bus they had arrived in carried the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture. The person at the centre of the chaos was Amritpal Singh, the Sikh religious preacher whose Waris Punjab De faced a police crackdown on March 18. At the time of going to press, Amritpal Singh was still on the run but, according to official versions, over 112 of his associates had been arrested. Mainstream television media is pushing the theory of Amritpal Singh being sponsored by Pakistan’s ISI, showing 24/7 footage of arms recovered. There are also rumours that Amritpal Singh was arrested on March 18, but that the police declared him a fugitive. There is much that remains ambiguous, but Punjab is holding its peace. Last year saw police stations attacked in Katihar in Bihar, Hubballi in Karnataka and Vizhinjam in Kerala as well. As in Ajnala, policemen were injured. They made news for a day, then the clamour died. However, for days after February 23, media and commentators have been asking ad infinitum whether the Ajnala incident signals a revival of the Khalistan movement. One asks why. ALSO READ: It could perhaps be because the protesters, all Sikh...

What is Khalistan: Understanding the Sikh Separatist Movement • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Introduction Khalistan is a term used to refer to the proposed homeland for the Sikh community in India. It is derived from two Punjabi words: “Khalis,” meaning pure or free, and “stan,” meaning land or country. The idea of Khalistan emerged in the 1940s and gained momentum in the 1970s, with the demand for a separate state gaining widespread support among Sikhs in India and around the world. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Khalistan movement, its historical background, emergence, and the ongoing struggle for its establishment. It also examines the Indian government’s response to the movement, the current state of the Khalistan movement, and the debate surrounding its establishment. Historical Background of Khalistan To understand the origins of the Khalistan movement, it is essential to understand the history of the Sikh religion and its role in India’s independence movement. Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded in the 15th century by Guru Nanak Dev, who believed in the equality of all human beings regardless of their caste or religion. The Sikh community played a significant role in India’s struggle for independence from British rule in the 20th century. However, the 1947 Partition of India, which Emergence of Khalistan Movement The demand for a separate state of Khalistan gained momentum in the 1970s, with the establishment of the Anandpur Sahib Re...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday hit out against the Canadian government with regard to the Khalistani tableau featuring the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, stating "it is not good for Canada and its relationship with India." His response came after a float, believed to be from the 5-km long parade taken out by Khalistan supporters on June 4, went viral on social media. It showed bodyguards firing on the former Prime Minister, with signs that read, "revenge for the attack on Shri Darbar Sahib." This referred to the storming of the Golden Temple by Indian troops in 1984. The parade came days before the anniversary of Operation Blue Star. The video had drawn a huge backlash on social media. "Frankly, we are at a loss to understand other than the requirements of vote bank politics why anybody would do this...I think there is a larger underlying issue about the space which is given to separatists, to extremists, to people who advocate violence," Jaishankar said while addressing the media. The EAM also responded to Canada's National Security Adviser Jody Thomas's statement that India is among the top sources of foreign interference in Canada. "The phrase which came to my mind was 'Ulta chor kotwal ko daante..." If anyone should complain, it's India," he added. Meanwhile, the tableau by Khalistani sympathisers has drawn the ire of Congress leaders. Congress leader Milind Deora tweeted he was appalled by the parade taken out on June ...

By You don’t feel it first. Overlapping stretches of green wheat fields fold into one another for uninterrupted distances, interposed with bright yellow splashes of mustard tillage, penciled through by brindle paths leading to villages big and small, poor and prosperous. Punjab. A land of war and conquest with long memories. Memories of Islamic invasions that cost a lot of blood and tears. Memories of a Sikh empire that stretched all the way to Kabul. And memories of a military operation against Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his heavily armed group of separatist fighters who made their last stand at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of holy shrines. Memories of gunfire and death, which turned the green fields of Punjab into the killing fields of an elusive Khalistan. “Khalistan is real. It will become a reality,” asserts Amritpal Singh, the new messiah of Khalistan, who shot to national television by storming the small police station in Ajnala; he has been styled Bhindranwale 2.0 by hyperbolic policemen, press and people. “Khalistan will happen, not in my lifetime, but it will,” imagines a silver-bearded former policeman, who had fought terrorists during the militancy and has a bullet in his skull, which he carries as a token of a tumultuous past. “Khalistan will come into being, we won’t give up our fight,” affirms former militant Kanwarpal Singh, who took up the gun in 1984 after army action and did time in Central Jail Amritsar in 1996 for a year. Yet, in Punj...