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Khalistan movement

February 15, 2024

The Khalistan movement is a separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing an ethno‐religious sovereign state called Khalistan (lit. 'land of the Khalsa') in the Punjab region.[2] The proposed boundaries of Khalistan vary between different groups; some suggest the entirety of the Sikh-majority Indian state of Punjab, while larger claims include Pakistani Punjab and other parts of North India such as Chandigarh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh.[3] Shimla and Lahore have been proposed as the capital of Khalistan.[4][5]

The proposed flag of Khalistan is often used as a symbol of the Khalistan movement.[1]

The call for a separate Sikh state began during the 1930s, when British rule in India was nearing its end.[6] In 1940, the first explicit call for Khalistan was made in a pamphlet titled "Khalistan".[7][8] With financial and political support of the Sikh diaspora, the movement flourished in the Indian state of Punjab – which has a Sikh-majority population – continuing through the 1970s and 1980s, and reaching its zenith in the late 1980s. The Sikh separatist leader Jagjit Singh Chohan said that during his talks with Pakistani prime minister that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto affirmed "we'll help you and make it the capital of Khalistan" and claimed Bhutto wanted revenge over Bangladesh.[9]

With the end of the Cold War in the 1990s, the insurgency petered out,[10] and the movement failed to reach its objective for multiple reasons including heavy police crackdowns on separatists, factional infighting, and disillusionment from the Sikh population.

There is some support within India and the Sikh diaspora, with yearly demonstrations in protest of those killed during Operation Blue Star.[11][12][13] In early 2018, some militant groups were arrested by police in Punjab, India.[14] Former Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh claimed that the recent extremism is backed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and "Khalistani sympathisers" in Canada, Italy, and the UK.[15] Simranjit Singh Mann, elected in 2022 from Sangrur, is currently the only openly Khalistani MP in the Indian parliament and his party, and Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) is currently the only pro-Khalistan party in the Indian parliament.[16][17]

Pre-1950s

 
Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Sikh Empire at its peak in c. 1839 most of which is currently under Pakistan

Sikhs have been concentrated in the Punjab region of South Asia.[18] Before its conquest by the British, the region around Punjab had been ruled by the confederacy of Sikh Misls. The Misls ruled over the eastern Punjab from 1733 to 1799,[19] until their confederacy was unified into the Sikh Empire by Maharajah Ranjit Singh from 1799 to 1849.[20]

At the end of the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849, the Sikh Empire was dissolved into separate princely states and the British province of Punjab.[21] In newly conquered regions, "religio-nationalist movements emerged in response to British 'divide and rule' administrative policies, the perceived success of Christian missionaries converting Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, and a general belief that the solution to the downfall among India's religious communities was a grassroots religious revival."[22]

As the British Empire began to dissolve in the 1930s, Sikhs made their first call for a Sikh homeland.[6] When the Lahore Resolution of the Muslim League demanded Punjab be made into a Muslim state, the Akalis viewed it as an attempt to usurp a historically Sikh territory.[23][24] In response, the Sikh party Shiromani Akali Dal argued for a community that was separate from Hindus and Muslims.[25] The Akali Dal imagined Khalistan as a theocratic state led by the Maharaja of Patiala with the aid of a cabinet consisting of the representatives of other units.[26] The country would include parts of present-day Punjab, India, present-day Punjab, Pakistan (including Lahore), and the Simla Hill States.[27]

Partition of India, 1947

 
British Punjab Province, in 1909

Before the 1947 partition of India, Sikhs were not in majority in any of the districts of pre-partition British Punjab Province other than Ludhiana (where Sikhs formed 41.6% of the population).[28] Rather, districts in the region had a majority of either the Hindus or Muslims depending on its location in the province.

British India was partitioned on a religious basis in 1947, where the Punjab province was divided between India and the newly-created Pakistan. As result, a majority of Sikhs, along with the Hindus, migrated from the Pakistani region to India's Punjab, which included present-day Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The Sikh population, which had gone as high as 19.8% in some Pakistani districts in 1941, dropped to 0.1% in Pakistan, and rose sharply in the districts assigned to India. However, they would still be a minority in the Punjab province of India, which remained a Hindu-majority province.[29][page needed]

Sikh relationship with Punjab (via Oberoi)

 
A map of the present-day Indian state of Punjab. Following the partition, East Punjab became PEPSU, which was further divided in 1966 with the formation of the new states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh as well as the current state of Punjab. Punjab is the only state in India with a majority Sikh population.

Sikh historian Harjot Singh Oberoi argues that, despite the historical linkages between Sikhs and Punjab, territory has never been a major element of Sikh self-definition. He makes the case that the attachment of Punjab with Sikhism is a recent phenomenon, stemming from the 1940s.[30] Historically, Sikhism has been pan-Indian, with the Guru Granth Sahib (the main scripture of Sikhism) drawing from works of saints in both North and South India, while several major seats in Sikhism (e.g. Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, Takht Sri Patna Sahib in Bihar, and Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra) are located outside of Punjab.[31]

Oberoi makes the case that Sikh leaders in the late 1930s and 1940s realized that the dominance of Muslims in Pakistan and of Hindus in India was imminent. To justify a separate Sikh state within the Punjab, Sikh leaders started to mobilize meta-commentaries and signs to argue that Punjab belonged to Sikhs and Sikhs belong to Punjab. This began the territorialization of the Sikh community.[30]

This territorialization of the Sikh community would be formalized in March 1946, when the Sikh political party of Akali Dal passed a resolution proclaiming the natural association of Punjab and the Sikh religious community.[32] Oberoi argues that despite having its beginnings in the early 20th century, Khalistan as a separatist movement was never a major issue until the late 1970s and 1980s when it began to militarize.[33]

1950s to 1970s

There are two distinct narratives about the origins of the calls for a sovereign Khalistan. One refers to the events within India itself, while the other privileges the role of the Sikh diaspora. Both of these narratives vary in the form of governance proposed for this state (e.g. theocracy vs democracy) as well as the proposed name (i.e. Sikhistan vs Khalistan). Even the precise geographical borders of the proposed state differs among them although it was generally imagined to be carved out from one of various historical constructions of the Punjab.[34]

Emergence in India

See also: Punjabi Suba movement

Established on 14 December 1920, Akali Dal was a Sikh political party that sought to form a government in Punjab.[35]

Following the 1947 independence of India, the Punjabi Suba movement, led by the Akali Dal, sought the creation of a province (suba) for Punjabi people. The Akali Dal's maximal position of demands was a sovereign state (i.e. Khalistan), while its minimal position was to have an autonomous state within India.[34] The issues raised during the Punjabi Suba movement were later used as a premise for the creation of a separate Sikh country by proponents of Khalistan.

As the religious-based partition of India led to much bloodshed, the Indian government initially rejected the demand, concerned that creating a Punjabi-majority state would effectively mean yet again creating a state based on religious grounds.[36][37]

On 7 September 1966, the Punjab Reorganisation Act was passed in Parliament, implemented with effect beginning 1 November 1966. Accordingly, Punjab was divided into the state of Punjab and Haryana, with certain areas to Himachal Pradesh. Chandigarh was made a centrally administered Union territory.[38] While the Union Government led by Indira Gandhi agreed with the creation of Punjab state but refused to make Chandigarh as its capital and also refused to make it autonomous. The outcome of the Punjabi Suba movement failed to meet demands of its leaders.[39]

Anandpur Resolution

See also: Anandpur Sahib Resolution

As Punjab and Haryana now shared the capital of Chandigarh, resentment was felt among Sikhs in Punjab.[35] Adding further grievance, a canal system was put in place over the rivers of Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej, which flowed through Punjab, in order for water to also reach Haryana and Rajasthan. As result, Punjab would only receive 23% of the water while the rest would go to the two other states. The fact that the issue would not be revisited brought on additional turmoil to Sikh resentment against Congress.[35]

The Akali Dal was defeated in the 1972 Punjab elections.[40] To regain public appeal, the party put forward the Anandpur Sahib Resolution in 1973 to demand radical devolution of power and further autonomy to Punjab.[41] The resolution document included both religious and political issues, asking for the recognition of Sikhism as a religion separate from Hinduism, as well as the transfer of Chandigarh and certain other areas to Punjab. It also demanded that power be radically devolved from the central to state governments.[42]

The document was largely forgotten for some time after its adoption until gaining attention in the following decade. In 1982, the Akali Dal and Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale joined hands to launch the Dharam Yudh Morcha in order to implement the resolution. Thousands of people joined the movement, feeling that it represented a real solution to such demands as larger shares of water for irrigation and the return of Chandigarh to Punjab.[43]

Emergence in the diaspora

According to the 'events outside India' narrative, particularly after 1971, the notion of a sovereign and independent state of Khalistan began to get popularized among Sikhs in North America and Europe. One such account is provided by the Khalistan Council which had moorings in West London, where the Khalistan movement is said to have been launched in 1970.[34]

Davinder Singh Parmar migrated to London in 1954. According to Parmar, his first pro-Khalistan meeting was attended by less than 20 people and he was labelled as a madman, receiving only one person's support. Parmar continued his efforts despite the lack of following, eventually raising the Khalistani flag in Birmingham in the 1970s.[44] In 1969, two years after losing the Punjab Assembly elections, Indian politician Jagjit Singh Chohan moved to the United Kingdom to start his campaign for the creation of Khalistan.[45] Chohan's proposal included Punjab, Himachal, Haryana, as well as some parts of Rajasthan.[46]

Parmar and Chohan met in 1970 and formally announced the Khalistan movement at a London press conference, though being largely dismissed by the community as fanatical fringe without any support.[44]

Chohan in Pakistan and US

 
Location of Nankana Sahib in Punjab, Pakistan, that was proposed as the capital of Khalistan by ZA Bhutto.

Following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Chohan visited Pakistan as a guest of such leaders as Chaudhuri Zahoor Elahi. Visiting Nankana Sahib and several historical gurdwaras in Pakistan, Chohan utilized the opportunity to spread the notion of an independent Sikh state. Widely publicized by Pakistani press, the extensive coverage of his remarks introduced the international community, including those in India, to the demand of Khalistan for the first time. Though lacking public support, the term Khalistan became more and more recognizable.[44] According to Chohan, during a talk with Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan, Bhutto had proposed to make Nankana Sahib the capital of Khalistan.[47]

On 13 October 1971, visiting the United States at the invitation of his supporters in the Sikh diaspora, Chohan placed an advertisement in the New York Times proclaiming an independent Sikh state. Such promotion enabled him to collect millions of dollars from the diaspora,[45] eventually leading to charges in India relating to sedition and other crimes in connection with his separatist activities.

Council of Khalistan

After returning to India in 1977, Chohan travelled to Britain in 1979. There, he would establish the Council of Khalistan,[48] declaring its formation at Anandpur Sahib on 12 April 1980. Chohan designated himself as President of the Council and Balbir Singh Sandhu as its Secretary General.

In May 1980, Chohan travelled to London to announce the formation of Khalistan. A similar announcement was made in Amritsar by Sandhu, who released stamps and currency of Khalistan. Operating from a building termed "Khalistan House", Chohan named a Cabinet and declared himself president of the "Republic of Khalistan," issuing symbolic Khalistan 'passports,' 'postage stamps,' and 'Khalistan dollars.' Moreover, embassies in Britain and other European countries were opened by Chohan.[45] It is reported that, with the support of a wealthy Californian peach magnate, Chohan opened an Ecuadorian bank account to further support his operation.[46] As well as maintaining contacts among various groups in Canada, the US, and Germany, Chohan kept in contact with the Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale who was campaigning for a theocratic Sikh homeland.[45]

The globalized Sikh diaspora invested efforts and resources for Khalistan, but the Khalistan movement remained nearly invisible on the global political scene until the Operation Blue Star of June 1984.[44]

Operation Blue Star and impact

In later disclosures from former special secretary G.B.S. Sidhu of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), the foreign-intelligence agency of India, R&AW itself helped "build the Khalistan legend," actively participating in the planning of Operation Blue Star. While posted in Ottawa, Canada in 1976 to look into the "Khalistan problem" among the Sikh diaspora, Sidhu found "nothing amiss" during the three years he was there,[49] stating that "Delhi was unnecessarily making a mountain of a molehill where none existed," that the agency created seven posts in West Europe and North America in 1981 to counter non-existent Khalistan activities, and that the deployed officers were "not always familiar with the Sikhs or the Punjab issue."[49] He described the secessionist movement as a "chimera" until the army operation, after which the insurgency would start.[49]

According to a New York Times article written just a few weeks after the operation, "Before the raid on the Golden Temple, neither the Government nor anyone else appeared to put much credence in the Khalistan movement. Mr. Bhindranwale himself said many times that he was not seeking an independent country for Sikhs, merely greater autonomy for Punjab within the Indian Union.... One possible explanation advanced for the Government's raising of the Khalistan question is that it needs to take every opportunity to justify the killing in Amritsar and the invasion of the Sikhs' holiest shrine."[50]

Khushwant Singh had written that "considerable Khalistan sentiment seems to have arisen since the raid on the temple, which many Sikhs, if not most, have taken as a deep offense to their religion and their sensibilities," referring to the drastic change in community sentiments after the army attack.[50]

Late 1970s to 1983

Main article: Dharam Yudh Morcha

Delhi Asian Games (1982)

The Akali leaders, having planned to announce a victory for Dharam Yudh Morcha, were outraged by the changes to the agreed-upon settlement. In November 1982, Akali leader Harchand Singh Longowal announced that the party would disrupt the 9th annual Asian Games by sending groups of Akali workers to Delhi to intentionally get arrested. Following negotiations between the Akali Dal and the government failed at the last moment due to disagreements regarding the transfer of areas between Punjab and Haryana.[51]

Knowing that the Games would receive extensive coverage, Akali leaders vowed to overwhelm Delhi with a flood of protestors, aiming to heighten the perception of Sikh "plight" among the international audience.[51] A week before the Games, Bhajan Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana and member of the INC party, responded by sealing the Delhi-Punjab border,[51] and ordering all Sikh visitors travelling from to Delhi from Punjab to be frisked.[52] While such measures were seen as discriminatory and humiliating by Sikhs, they proved effective as Akali Dal could only organize small and scattered protests in Delhi. Consequently, many Sikhs who did not initially support Akalis and Bhindranwale began sympathizing with the Akali Morcha.[51]

Following the conclusion of the Games, Longowal organised a convention of Sikh veterans at the Darbar Sahib. It was attended by a large number of Sikh ex-servicemen, including retd. Major General Shabeg Singh who subsequently became Bhindranwale's military advisor.[51]

1984

Increasing militant activity

Widespread murders by followers of Bhindranwale occurred in 1980s' Punjab. Armed Khalistani militants of this period described themselves as kharku.[53]

On its own, the year 1984 (from 1 January to 3 June) saw 775 violent incidents, resulting in 298 people killed and 525 injured.[54]

Though it was common knowledge that those responsible for such bombings and murders were taking shelter in gurdwaras, the INC Government of India declared that it could not enter these places of worship, for the fear of hurting Sikh sentiments.[43] Even as detailed reports on the open shipping of arms-laden trucks were sent to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Government choose not to take action.[43] Finally, following the murder of six Hindu bus passengers in October 1983, emergency rule was imposed in Punjab, which would continue for more than a decade.[55]

Constitutional issues

The Akali Dal began more agitation in February 1984, protesting against Article 25, clause (2)(b), of the Indian Constitution, which ambiguously explains that "the reference to Hindus shall be construed as including a reference to persons professing the Sikh, Jaina, or Buddhist religion," while also implicitly recognizing Sikhism as a separate religion: "the wearing and carrying of kripans [sic] shall be deemed to be included in the profession of the Sikh religion."[56]: 109  Even today, this clause is deemed offensive by many religious minorities in India due to its failure to recognise such religions separately under the constitution.[56]

Members of the Akali Dal demanded that the removal of any ambiguity in the Constitution that refers to Sikhs as Hindu, as such prompts various concerns for the Sikh population, both in principle and in practice. For instance, a Sikh couple who would marry in accordance to the rites of their religion would have to register their union either under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 or the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The Akalis demanded replacement of such rules with laws specific to Sikhism.

Operation Blue Star

Operation Blue Star was an Indian military operation ordered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, between 1 and 8 June 1984, to remove militant religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers from the buildings of the Harmandir Sahib complex (aka the Golden Temple) in Amritsar, Punjab – the most sacred site in Sikhism.[57]

In July 1983, Akali Dal President Harchand Singh Longowal had invited Bhindranwale to take up residence at the sacred temple complex,[58] which the government would allege that Bhindranwale would later make into an armoury and headquarters for his armed uprising.[59][60]

Since the inception of the Dharam Yudh Morcha to the violent events leading up to Operation Blue Star, Khalistani militants had directly killed 165 Hindus and Nirankaris, as well as 39 Sikhs opposed to Bhindranwale, while a total of 410 were killed and 1,180 injured as a result of Khalistani violence and riots.[61]

As negotiations held with Bhindranwale and his supporters proved unsuccessful, Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to launch Operation Blue Star.[62] Along with the Army, the operation would involve Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force, and Punjab Police. Army units led by Lt. Gen. Kuldip Singh Brar (a Sikh), surrounded the temple complex on 3 June 1984. Just before the commencement of the operation, Lt. Gen. Brar addressed the soldiers:[63]

The action is not against the Sikhs or the Sikh religion; it is against terrorism. If there is anyone amongst them, who have strong religious sentiments or other reservations, and do not wish to take part in the operation he can opt out, and it will not be held against him.

— Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar

However, none of the soldiers opted out, including many "Sikh officers, junior commissioned officers and other ranks."[63] Using a public address system, the Army repeatedly demanded the militants to surrender, asking them to at least allow pilgrims to leave the temple premises before commencing battle.

Nothing happened until 7:00 pm (IST).[64] The Army, equipped with tanks and heavy artillery, had grossly underestimated the firepower possessed by the militants, who attacked with anti-tank and machine-gun fire from the heavily fortified Akal Takht, and who possessed Chinese-made, rocket-propelled grenade launchers with armour-piercing capabilities. After a 24-hour shootout, the army finally wrested control of the temple complex.

Bhindranwale was killed in the operation, while many of his followers managed to escape. Army casualty figures counted 83 dead and 249 injured.[65] Although Rajiv Gandhi would later admit that over 700 Indian soldiers died.[66] According to the official estimate presented by the Indian Government, the event resulted in a combined total of 493 militant and civilian casualties, as well as the apprehension of 1592 individuals.[67] Independent estimates say over 5,000 civilians and only 200 militants.[68]

U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague attributed high civilian casualties to the Indian Government's attempt at a full frontal assault on the militants, diverging from the recommendations provided by the U.K. Military.[i][ii] Opponents of Gandhi also criticised the operation for its excessive use of force. Lieutenant General Brar later stated that the Government had "no other recourse" due to a "complete breakdown" of the situation: state machinery was under the militants' control; declaration of Khalistan was imminent; and Pakistan would have come into the picture declaring its support for Khalistan.[69]

Nonetheless, the operation did not crush Khalistani militancy, as it continued.[33]

According to the Mitrokhin Archive, in 1982 the Soviets used a recruit in the New Delhi residency named "Agent S" who was close to Indira Gandhi as a major channel for providing her disinformation regarding Khalistan. Agent S provided Indira Gandhi with false documents purporting to show Pakistani involvement to create religious disturbances and allegedly initiate a Khalistan conspiracy. After Rajiv Gandhi's visit to Moscow in 1983, the Soviets persuaded him that the US was engaged in secret support for the Sikhs. By 1984, according to Mitrokhin, the disinformation the Soviets provided had influenced Indira Gandhi to pursue Operation Blue Star.[70][71][72]

Assassination of Indira Gandhi and anti-Sikh riots

Main article: Indira Gandhi assassination
 
Indira Gandhi

On the morning of 31 October 1984, Indira Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by her two personal security guards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, both Sikhs, in retaliation for Operation Blue Star.[33] The assassination triggered the 1984 anti-Sikh riots across North India. While the ruling party, Indian National Congress (INC), maintained that the violence was due to spontaneous riots, its critics have alleged that INC members themselves had planned a pogrom against the Sikhs.[73]

The Nanavati Commission, a special commission created to investigate the riots, concluded that INC leaders (including Jagdish Tytler, H. K. L. Bhagat, and Sajjan Kumar) had directly or indirectly taken a role in the rioting incidents.[74][75] Union Minister Kamal Nath was accused of leading riots near Rakab Ganj, but was cleared due to lack of evidence.[75] Other political parties strongly condemned the riots.[76] Two major civil-liberties organisations issued a joint report on the anti-Sikh riots, naming 16 significant politicians, 13 police officers, and 198 others, accused by survivors and eyewitnesses.[77]

1985 to present day

1985

Rajiv-Longowal Accord

Main article: Punjab accord

Many Sikh and Hindu groups, as well as organisations not affiliated to any religion, have attempted to establish peace between the Khalistan proponents and the Government of India.[citation needed] Akalis continued to witness radicalization of Sikh politics, fearing disastrous consequences.[35] In response, President Harchand Singh Longowal reinstated the head of the Akali Dal and pushed for a peace initiative that reiterated the importance of Hindu-Sikh amity, condemning Sikh extremist violence, therefore declaring that the Akali Dal was not in favor of Khalistan.

In 1985, the Government of India attempted to seek a political solution to the grievances of the Sikhs through the Rajiv-Longowal Accord, which took place between Longowal and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The Accord – recognizing the religious, territorial, and economic demands of the Sikhs that were thought to be non-negotiable under Indira Gandhi's tenure – agreed to establish commissions and independent tribunals in order to resolve the Chandigarh issue and the river dispute, laying the basis for Akali Dal's victory in the coming elections.[35]

Though providing a basis for a return to normality, Chandigarh evidently remained an issue and the agreement was denounced by Sikh militants who refused to give up the demand for an independent Khalistan. These extremists, who were left unappeased, reacted by assassinating Longowal.[60] Such behavior lead to the dismissal of negotiations, whereby both Congress and the Akali parties accused each other of aiding terrorism.[35]

The Indian Government pointed to the involvement of a "foreign hand," referring to Pakistan's abetting of the movement. Punjab noted to the Indian Government that militants were able to obtain sophisticated arms through sources outside the country and by developing links with sources within the country.[35] As such, the Government believed that large illegal flows of arms were flowing through the borders of India, with Pakistan being responsible for trafficking arms. India claimed that Pakistan provided sanctuary, arms, money, and moral support to the militants, though most of the accusations were based on circumstantial evidence.[35]

Air India Flight 182

 
Irish Naval Service recovering bodies from the Air India Flight 182 bombing
 
The aircraft involved, VT-EFO, seen on 10 June 1985, less than two weeks before the bombing of Air India Flight 182

Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montréal-London-Delhi-Bombay route. On 23 June 1985, a Boeing 747 operating on the route was blown up by a bomb mid-air off the coast of Ireland. A total of 329 people aboard were killed,[78] 268 Canadian citizens, 27 British citizens and 24 Indian citizens, including the flight crew. On the same day, an explosion due to a luggage bomb was linked to the terrorist operation and occurred at the Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan, intended for Air India Flight 301, killing two baggage handlers. The entire event was inter-continental in scope, killing 331 people in total and affected five countries on different continents: Canada, the United Kingdom, India, Japan, and Ireland.

The main suspects in the bombing were members of a Sikh separatist group called the Babbar Khalsa, and other related groups who were at the time agitating for a separate Sikh state of Khalistan in Punjab, India. In September 2007, the Canadian Commission of Inquiry investigated reports, initially disclosed in the Indian investigative news magazine Tehelka,[79] that a hitherto unnamed person, Lakhbir Singh Rode, had masterminded the explosions. However, in conclusion two separate Canadian inquiries officially determined that the mastermind behind the terrorist operation was in fact the Canadian, Talwinder Singh Parmar.[80]

Several men were arrested and tried for the Air India bombing. Inderjit Singh Reyat, a Canadian national and member of the International Sikh Youth Federation who pleaded guilty in 2003 to manslaughter, would be the only person convicted in the case.[81][82] He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for assembling the bombs that exploded on board Air India Flight 182 and at Narita Airport.[83]

Late 1980s

Main article: Punjab insurgency

In 1986, when the insurgency was at its peak, the Golden Temple was again occupied by militants belonging to the All India Sikh Students Federation and Damdami Taksal. The militants called an assembly (Sarbat Khalsa) and, on 26 January, they passed a resolution (gurmattā) in favour of the creation of Khalistan.[84] However, only the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) had the authority to appoint the jathedar, the supreme religio-temporal seat of the Sikhs. The militants thus dissolved the SGPC and appointed their own jathedar, who turned out to refuse their bidding as well. Militant leader Gurbachan Singh Manochahal thereby appointed himself by force.[85]

On 29 April 1986, an assembly of separatist Sikhs at the Akal Takht made a declaration of an independent state of Khalistan,[86] and a number of rebel militant groups in favour of Khalistan subsequently waged a major insurgency against the Government of India. A decade of violence and conflict in Punjab would follow before a return to normality in the region. This period of insurgency saw clashes of Sikh militants with the police, as well as with the Nirankaris, a mystical Sikh sect who are less conservative in their aims to reform Sikhism.[87]

The Khalistani militant activities manifested in the form of several attacks, such as the 1987 massacre of 32 Hindu bus passengers near Lalru, and the 1991 killing of 80 train passengers in Ludhiana.[88] Such activities continued on into the 1990s as the perpetrators of the 1984 riots remained unpunished, while many Sikhs also felt that they were being discriminated against and that their religious rights were being suppressed.[89]

In the parliamentary elections of 1989, Sikh separatist representatives were victorious in 10 of Punjab's 13 national seats and had the most popular support.[90][need quotation to verify] The Congress cancelled those elections and instead hosted a Khaki election. The separatists boycotted the poll. The voter turnout was 24%. The Congress won this election and used it to further its anti-separatist campaign. Most of the separatist leadership was wiped out and the moderates were suppressed by end of 1993.[91][need quotation to verify]

1990s

Indian security forces suppressed the insurgency in the early 1990s, while Sikh political groups such as the Khalsa Raj Party and SAD (A) continued to pursue an independent Khalistan through non-violent means.[92][93][94] Whereas to take iron from the terrorists in the village Bhikhiwind, district Tarn Taran 'Sandhu' family fought everyday like the last day and defeated terrorists several times. One such incident was on 30 September 1990, when about 200 terrorists attacked Balwinder Singh's house. In retaliation, the Sandhu family using weapons provided by state police killed several and compiled the rest of the terrorists to run away. The Family awarded the Shaurya Chakra to show most conspicuous bravery, indomitable courage.[95]

In August 1991, Julio Ribeiro, then-Indian Ambassador to Romania, was attacked and wounded at Bucharest in an assassination attempt by gunmen identified as Punjabi Sikhs.[96][89] Sikh groups also claimed responsibility for the 1991 kidnapping of Liviu Radu, the Romanian chargé d'affaires in New Delhi. This appeared to be in retaliation for Romanian arrests of Khalistan Liberation Force members suspected of the attempted assassination of Ribeiro.[89][97] Radu was released unharmed after Sikh politicians criticised the action.[98]

In October 1991, the New York Times reported that violence had increased sharply in the months leading up to the kidnapping, with Indian security forces or Sikh militants killing 20 or more people per day, and that the militants had been "gunning down" family members of police officers.[89] Scholar Ian Talbot states that all sides, including the Indian Army, police and the militants, committed crimes like murder, rape and torture.[99]

From 24 January 1993 to 4 August 1993, Khalistan was a member of the NGO Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. The membership was permanently suspended on 22 January 1995.[100]

On 31 August 1995, Chief Minister Beant Singh was killed in a suicide bombing, for which the pro-Khalistan group Babbar Khalsa claimed responsibility. Security authorities, however, reported the group's involvement to be doubtful.[101] A 2006 press release by the Embassy of the United States in New Delhi indicated that the responsible organisation was the Khalistan Commando Force.[102]

While the militants enjoyed some support among Sikh separatists in the earlier period, this support gradually disappeared.[103] The insurgency weakened the Punjab economy and led to an increase in violence in the state. With dwindling support and increasingly-effective Indian security troops eliminating anti-state combatants, Sikh militancy effectively ended by the early 1990s.[104]

2000s

Retribution

There have been serious charges levelled by human rights activists against Indian Security forces (headed by Sikh police officer, K. P. S. Gill), claiming that thousands of suspects were killed in staged shootouts and thousands of bodies were cremated/disposed of without proper identification or post-mortems.[105][106][107][108] Human Rights Watch reported that, since 1984, government forces had resorted to widespread human rights violations to fight the militants, including: arbitrary arrest, prolonged detention without trial, torture, and summary executions of civilians and suspected militants. Family members were frequently detained and tortured to reveal the whereabouts of relatives sought by the police.[109][110] Amnesty International has alleged several cases of disappearances, torture, rape, and unlawful detentions by the police during the Punjab insurgency, for which 75–100 police officers had been convicted by December 2002.[111]

2010s

Activities in the 2010s by Khalistani militants include the Tarn Taran blast, in which a police crackdown arrested 4 terrorists, one of whom revealed they were ordered by Sikhs for Justice to kill multiple Dera leaders in India.[112][113] Pro-Khalistan organisations such as Dal Khalsa are also active outside India, supported by a section of the Sikh diaspora.[114] As of 25 December, there also have been inputs by multiple agencies about a possible attack in Punjab by Babbar Khalsa and Khalistan Zindabad Force, according to Indian Media sources, are allegedly in contact with their Pakistani handlers and are trying to smuggle arms across the border.[115][116]

In November 2015, a congregation of the Sikh community (i.e. a Sarbat Khalsa) was called in response to recent unrest in the Punjab region. The Sarbat Khalsa adopted 13 resolutions to strengthen Sikh institutions and traditions. The 12th resolution reaffirmed the resolutions adopted by the Sarbat Khalsa in 1986, including the declaration of the sovereign state of Khalistan.[117]

Moreover, signs in favour of Khalistan were raised when SAD (Amritsar) President Simranjeet Singh Mann met with Surat Singh Khalsa, who was admitted to Dayanand Medical College & Hospital (DMCH). While Mann was arguing with ACP Satish Malhotra, supporters standing at the main gate of DMCH raised Khalistan signs in the presence of heavy police force. After a confrontation with the police authorities that lasted about 15–20 minutes, Mann was allowed to meet Khalsa along with ADCP Paramjeet Singh Pannu.[118]

Maintaining persistent connection their culture and religion, the Sikh diaspora outside India is seen increasingly supporting the movement by means of financial support, propaganda and political lobbying in the countries they reside and taking a prominent role in driving the movement. Emboldened by expansive political and financial ties, the Diaspora has used gurudwaras, among other available establishments as such, to disperse financial and diplomatic aid to the movement in Punjab and modern communication modes such as the internet and social media to rally support for it.[119]

Recently, many signs have been raised in several places in support of the Khalistan movement, although the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) reports that Sikhs who support Khalistan may themselves be detained and tortured.[120] Notably, on the 31st anniversary of Operation Bluestar, pro-Khalistan signs were raised in Punjab, resulting in 25 Sikh youths being detained by police.[121] Pro-Khalistan signs were also raised during a function of Punjabi Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Two members of SAD-A, identified as Sarup Singh Sandha and Rajindr Singh Channa, raised pro-Khalistan and anti-Badal signs during the chief minister's speech.[122]

In retrospect, the Khalistan movement has failed to reach its objectives in India due to several reasons:

  • Heavy Police crackdown on the separatists under the leadership of Punjab Police chief KPS Gill.[14] Several militant leaders were killed and others surrendered and rehabilitated.[85]
  • Gill credits the decline to change in the policies by adding provision for an adequate number of police and security forces to deal with the militancy. The clear political will from the government without any interference.[85]
  • Lack of a clear political concept of 'Khalistan' even to the extremist supporters. As per Kumar (1997), the name which was wishful thinking only represented their revulsion against the Indian establishment and did not find any alternative to it.[123]
  • In the later stages of the movement, militants lacked an ideological motivation.[85]
  • The entry of criminals and government loyalists into its ranks further divided the groups.[85]
  • Loss of sympathy and support from the Sikh population of Punjab.[85]
  • The divisions among the Sikhs also undermined this movement. According to Pettigrew non-Jat urban Sikhs did not want to live in a country of "Jatistan."[124][125] Further division was caused as the people in the region traditionally preferred police and military service as career options. The Punjab Police had a majority of Jat Sikhs and the conflict was referred as "Jat against Jat" by Police Chief Gill.[85]
  • Moderate factions of Akali Dal led by Prakash Singh Badal reclaimed the political positions in the state through all three assembly (namely parliamentary) and SGPC elections. The dominance of traditional political parties was reasserted over the militant-associated factions.[126]
  • The increased vigilance by security forces in the region against rise of separatist elements.[127]
  • The confidence building measures adopted by the Sikh community helped in rooting out the Khalistan movement.[127]

Simrat Dhillon (2007), writing for the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, noted that while a few groups continued to fight, "the movement has lost its popular support both in India and within the Diaspora community."[128]

2020s

In August 2022, Amritpal Singh, a self styled, radical[132] preacher came to prominence after being appointed as the head of Waris Punjab De in the wake of Deep Sidhu's death (a succession described as illegitimate by the relatives and some associates of Sidhu).[133][134][135][136] He subsequently embarked on a campaign and numerous preaching tours advocating for the creation of Khalistan and for Sikhs to receive baptism, imbibe religious austerities, and to shun drugs and other vices.[137][138] He glorified the use of violence and weapons during public events.[139] In March 2023, Indian authorities initiated a crackdown on Waris Punjab De, alleging the organization's involvement in attempted murder, attacks on police personnel, and spreading disharmony in Punjab.[140] He was eventually arrested on 23 April after absconding and being on the run for 35 days.[141]

Numerous protests, particularly among diaspora Sikhs, occurred in the aftermath of Singh's arrest. While many transpired without incident, numerous violent attacks were reported in various locations. A mob of protesters attacked the Indian consulate in San Francisco, another mob attacked the Indian High Commission office in London and attempted to pull down the Indian flag off the pole, broke windows and inflicted minor injuries on security staff.[142][143][144] The NIA has claimed that a group of protestors in San Francisco were exhorted to kill all representatives of the Indian government.[145] Further, two people poured flammable material in the entrance of the consulate and attempted to set the building on fire.[146] In Washington, Khalistani supporters verbally intimidated and physically assaulted an Indian journalist covering the protests.[147] In Surrey, another journalist was allegedly assaulted and harassed by Khalistani supporters.[148] The Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, was threatened with assassination by Khalistanis.[149]

On 18 June 2023, Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in the parking lot of a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia. Nijjar was allegedly the head of two pro-Khalistan organisations in Canada, and had been accused by the Indian Government of orchestrating targeted killings in India, for which it unsuccessfully sought his extradition.[150]

On 2 July, Khalistani supporters set the Indian consulate in San Francisco on fire.[151] The arson attempt was promptly suppressed by the San Francisco Department, resulting in limited damage to the building and no injuries to the staffers present.[152] The incident was condemned by State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller.[153] A video of the incident was released on Twitter by Khalistani supporters, suggesting the attack was retaliation for the recent death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.[152] Nijjar's death sparked rallies among sections of the Sikh diaspora, posters promoting these events alleged Indian diplomats played a role in the death. The posters were condemned by Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, Melanie Joly, who assured the safety of Indian diplomats and buildings.[154] However, on 18 September, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau stated that Canadian intelligence was pursuing "credible allegations" linking his murder with the Indian government, calling on India to cooperate with Canada in investigating the murder.[155][156] New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh said that "no stone would be left unturned in the pursuit of justice" and that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be held accountable.[157] Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly said that Canada had expelled a top-ranking Indian diplomat. In response, India expelled the "top Canadian spy", according to Hindustan Times.[158] The Indian government released a statement denying all accusations as "absurd and motivated".[158]

Militancy

During the late 1980s and the early 1990s, there was a dramatic rise in radical State militancy in Punjab. The 1984 military Operation Blue Star in the Golden Temple in Amritsar offended many Sikhs.[159] The separatists used this event, as well as the following 1984 anti-Sikh riots, to claim that the interest of Sikhs was not safe in India and to foster the spread of militancy among Sikhs in Punjab. Some sections of the Sikh diaspora also began join the separatists with financial and diplomatic support.[33]

A section of Sikhs turned to militancy in Punjab and several Sikh militant outfits proliferated in the 1980s and 1990s.[30] Some militant groups aimed to create an independent state through acts of violence directed at members of the Indian government, army, or forces. A large numbers of Sikhs condemned the actions of the militants.[160] According to anthropological analysis, one reason young men had for joining militant and other religious nationalist groups was for fun, excitement, and expressions of masculinity. Puri, Judge, and Sekhon (1999) suggest that illiterate/under-educated young men, lacking enough job prospects, had joined pro-Khalistan militant groups for the primary purpose of "fun."[161] They mention that the pursuit of Khalistan itself was the motivation for only 5% of "militants."[126][161]

Militant groups

See also: Khalistani groups

There are several militant Sikh groups, such as the Khalistan Council, that are currently functional and provides organization and guidance to the Sikh community. Multiple groups are organized across the world, coordinating their military efforts for Khalistan. Such groups were most active in 1980s and early 1990s, and have since receded in activity. These groups are largely defunct in India but they still have a political presence among the Sikh diaspora, especially in countries such as Pakistan where they are not proscribed by law.[162]

Most of these outfits were crushed by 1993 during the counter-insurgency operations. In recent years, active groups have included Babbar Khalsa, International Sikh Youth Federation, Dal Khalsa, and Bhindranwale Tiger Force. An unknown group before then, the Shaheed Khalsa Force claimed credit for the marketplace bombings in New Delhi in 1997. The group has never been heard of since.

Major pro-Khalistan militant outfits include:

Abatement

The U.S. Department of State found that Sikh extremism had decreased significantly from 1992 to 1997, although a 1997 report noted that "Sikh militant cells are active internationally and extremists gather funds from overseas Sikh communities."[178]

In 1999, Kuldip Nayar, writing for Rediff.com, stated in an article, titled "It is fundamentalism again", that the Sikh "masses" had rejected terrorists.[179] By 2001, Sikh extremism and the demand for Khalistan had all but abated.[iii]

Reported in his paper, titled "From Bhindranwale to Bin Laden: Understanding Religious Violence", Director Mark Juergensmeyer of the Orfalea Centre for Global & International Studies, UCSB, interviewed a militant who said that "the movement is over," as many of his colleagues had been killed, imprisoned, or driven into hiding, and because public support was gone.[180]

Outside of India

Operation Blue Star and its violent aftermaths popularized the demand for Khalistan among many Sikhs dispersed globally.[181] Involvement of sections of Sikh diaspora turned out to be important for the movement as it provided the diplomatic and financial support. It also enabled Pakistan to become involved in the fueling of the movement. Sikhs in UK, Canada and USA arranged for cadres to travel to Pakistan for military and financial assistance. Some Sikh groups abroad even declared themselves as the Khalistani government in exile.[33]

Sikh places of worship, gurdwaras, provided the geographic and institutional coordination for the Sikh community. Sikh political factions have used the gurdwaras as a forum for political organization. The gurdwaras sometimes served as the site for mobilization of diaspora for Khalistan movement directly by raising funds. Indirect mobilization was sometimes provided by promoting a stylized version of conflict and Sikh history. The rooms in some gurdwara exhibit pictures of Khalistani leaders along with paintings of martyrs from Sikh history.[182]

Gurdwaras also host speakers and musical groups that promote and encourage the movement. Among the diasporas, Khalistan issue has been a divisive issue within gurdwaras. These factions have fought over the control of gurdwaras and their political and financial resources. The fights between pro and anti-Khalistan factions over gurdwaras often included violent acts and bloodshed as reported from UK and North America. The gurdwaras with Khalistani leadership allegedly funnel the collected funds into activities supporting the movement.[182]

Different groups of Sikhs in the diaspora organize the convention of international meetings to facilitate communication and establish organizational order. In April 1981 the first "International Convention of Sikhs," was held in New York and was attended by some 200 delegates. In April 1987 the third convention was held in Slough, Berkshire where the Khalistan issue was addressed. This meeting's objective was to "build unity in the Khalistan movement."[182]

All these factors further strengthened the emerging nationalism among Sikhs. Sikh organizations launched many fund-raising efforts that were used for several purposes. After 1984 one of the objectives was the promotion of the Sikh version of "ethnonational history" and the relationship with the Indian state. The Sikh diaspora also increased their efforts to build institutions to maintain and propagate their ethnonational heritage. A major objective of these educational efforts was to publicize a different face to the non-Sikh international community who regarded the Sikhs as "terrorists".[183]

In 1993, Khalistan was briefly admitted in the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, but was suspended in a few months. The membership suspension was made permanent on 22 January 1995.[184][185]

Pakistan

Pakistan has long aspired to dismember India through its Bleed India strategy. Even before the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, then a member of the military regime of General Yahya Khan, stated, "Once the back of Indian forces is broken in the east, Pakistan should occupy the whole of Eastern India and make it a permanent part of East Pakistan.... Kashmir should be taken at any price, even the Sikh Punjab and turned into Khalistan."[186]

The Sikh separatist leader Jagjit Singh Chohan said that during his talks with Pakistani prime minister that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto affirmed "we'll help you and make it the capital of Khalistan"; Bhutto wanted revenge over Bangladesh.[47]

General Zia-ul Haq, who succeeded Bhutto as the Head of State, attempted to reverse the traditional antipathy between Sikhs and Muslims arising from the partition violence by restoring Sikh shrines in Pakistan and opening them for Sikh pilgrimage. The expatriate Sikhs from England and North America that visited these shrines were at the forefront of the calls for Khalistan. During the pilgrims' stay in Pakistan, the Sikhs were exposed to Khalistani propaganda, which would not be openly possible in India.[187][188][162]

The ISI chief, General Abdul Rahman, opened a cell within ISI with the objective of supporting the "[Sikhs']...freedom struggle against India". Rahman's colleagues in ISI took pride in the fact that "the Sikhs were able to set the whole province on fire. They knew who to kill, where to plant a bomb and which office to target." General Hamid Gul argued that keeping Punjab destabilized was equivalent to the Pakistan Army having an extra division at no cost. Zia-ul Haq, on the other hand, consistently practised the art of plausible denial.[187][188] The Khalistan movement was brought to a decline only after India fenced off a part of the Punjab border with Pakistan and the Benazir Bhutto government agreed to joint patrols of the border by Indian and Pakistani troops.[189]

In 2006, an American court convicted Khalid Awan, a Muslim and Canadian of Pakistani descent, of "supporting terrorism" by providing money and financial services to the Khalistan Commando Force chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar in Pakistan.[102] KCF members had carried out deadly attacks against Indian civilians causing thousands of deaths. Awan frequently travelled to Pakistan and was alleged by the U.S. officials to have links to Sikh and Muslim extremists, as well as Pakistani intelligence.[190]

In 2008, India's Intelligence Bureau indicated that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence organisation was trying to revive Sikh militancy.[191]

United States

The New York Times reported in June 1984 that Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi conveyed to Helmut Schmidt and Willy Brandt, both of them being former Chancellors of West Germany, that United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was involved in causing unrest in Punjab. It also reported that The Indian Express quoted anonymous officials from India's intelligence establishment as saying that the CIA "masterminded" a plan to support the acolytes of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who died a few days ago during Operation Blue Star, by smuggling weapons for them through Pakistan.[192] The United States embassy denied this report's findings.[192]

According to B. Raman, former Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat of India and a senior official of the Research and Analysis Wing, the United States initiated a plan in complicity with Pakistan's General Yahya Khan in 1971 to support an insurgency for Khalistan in Punjab.[193][194]

In 2023, the United States alleged a plot by the Indian government to assassinate the New York–based Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a spokesperson for the pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice. On November 29, 2023, an Indian government employee was the target of an indictment in New York for their alleged role in the assassination plot.[195]

Canada

Immediately after Operation Blue Star, authorities were unprepared for how quickly extremism spread and gained support in Canada, with extremists "...threatening to kill thousands of Hindus by a number of means, including blowing up Air India flights."[196][197] Canadian Member of Parliament Ujjal Dosanjh, a moderate Sikh, stated that he and others who spoke out against Sikh extremism in the 1980s faced a "reign of terror".[198]

On 18 November 1998, the Canada-based Sikh journalist Tara Singh Hayer was gunned down by suspected Khalistani militants. The publisher of the Indo-Canadian Times, a Canadian Sikh and once-vocal advocate of the armed struggle for Khalistan, he had criticised the bombing of Air India Flight 182, and was to testify about a conversation he overheard concerning the bombing.[199][200] On 24 January 1995,[201] Tarsem Singh Purewal, editor of Britain's Punjabi-language weekly Des Pardes, was killed as he was closing his office in Southall. There is speculation that the murder was related to Sikh extremism, which Purewal may have been investigating. Another theory is that he was killed in retaliation for revealing the identity of a young rape victim.[202][203]

Terry Milewski reported in a 2007 documentary for the CBC that a minority within Canada's Sikh community was gaining political influence even while publicly supporting terrorist acts in the struggle for an independent Sikh state.[165] In response, the World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO), a Canadian Sikh human rights group that opposes violence and extremism,[204] sued the CBC for "defamation, slander, and libel", alleging that Milewski linked it to terrorism and damaged the reputation of the WSO within the Sikh community.[205] In 2015, however, the WSO unconditionally abandoned "any and all claims" made in its lawsuit.

Canadian journalist Kim Bolan has written extensively on Sikh extremism. Speaking at the Fraser Institute in 2007, she reported that she still received death threats over her coverage of the 1985 Air India bombing.[206]

In 2008, a CBC report stated that "a disturbing brand of extremist politics has surfaced" at some of the Vaisakhi and the Buddhist Vesak parades in Canada,[165] and The Trumpet agreed with the CBC assessment.[207] Two leading Canadian Sikh politicians refused to attend the parade in Surrey, saying it was a glorification of terrorism.[165] In 2008, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, expressed his concern that there might be a resurgence of Sikh extremism.[208][209]

There has been some controversy over Canada's response to the Khalistan movement. After Amarinder Singh's refusal to meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2017, calling him a "Khalistani sympathizer", Singh ultimately met with Trudeau on 22 February 2018 over the issue.[210] Trudeau assured Singh that his country would not support the revival of the separatist movement.[211][10][212] Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Badal was quoted saying Khalistan is "no issue, either in Canada or in Punjab".[213] Justin Trudeau has declared that his country would not support the revival of the separatist movement.[10]

A 2020 report by Canadian ex-journalist Terry Milewski criticized the Khalistan movement as driven by the Pakistani government, and as a threat to Canadian interests.[214]

In September 2023, while speaking to the Canadian parliament, Justin Trudeau accused India of being involved in the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent advocate of the Khalistan separatist movement who had been killed by masked gunmen in Surrey, British Columbia.[215] Although Nijjar had been accused by India of having links to terrorism, India denied any involvement in his death and expelled a Canadian diplomat from India following the allegations by Justin Trudeau.[215] To date, Canada has yet to provide any evidence of Indian involvement in the killing of Nijjar.[215]

United Kingdom

In February 2008, BBC Radio 4 reported that the Chief of the Punjab Police, NPS Aulakh, alleged that militant groups were receiving money from the British Sikh community.[216] The same report included statements that although the Sikh militant groups were poorly equipped and staffed, intelligence reports and interrogations indicated that Babbar Khalsa was sending its recruits to the same terrorist training camps in Pakistan used by Al Qaeda.[217]

Lord Bassam of Brighton, then Home Office minister, stated that International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) members working from the UK had committed "assassinations, bombings, and kidnappings" and were a "threat to national security."[81] The ISYF is listed in the UK as a "Proscribed Terrorist Group"[166] but it has not been included in the list of terrorist organisations by the United States Department of State.[218] It was also added to the US Treasury Department terrorism list on 27 June 2002.[219]

Andrew Gilligan, reporting for The London Evening Standard, stated that the Sikh Federation (UK) is the "successor" of the ISYF, and that its executive committee, objectives, and senior members ... are largely the same.[81][220] The Vancouver Sun reported in February 2008 that Dabinderjit Singh was campaigning to have both the Babbar Khalsa and International Sikh Youth Federation de-listed as terrorist organisations.[221] It also stated of Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day that "he has not been approached by anyone lobbying to delist the banned groups". Day is also quoted as saying "The decision to list organizations such as Babbar Khalsa, Babbar Khalsa International, and the International Sikh Youth Federation as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code is intended to protect Canada and Canadians from terrorism."[221] There are claims of funding from Sikhs outside India to attract young people into these pro-Khalistan militant groups.[222]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Hague, William. 2014. "Allegations of UK Involvement in the Indian Operation at Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar 1984 16 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine." (Policy paper). Available as a PDF 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 May 2020. "The FCO files (Annex E) record the Indian Intelligence Co-ordinator telling a UK interlocutor, in the same time-frame as this public Indian report, that some time after the UK military adviser's visit the Indian Army took over lead responsibility for the operation, the main concept behind the operation changed, and a frontal assault was attempted, which contributed to the large number of casualties on both sides."
  2. ^ "Golden Temple attack: UK advised India but impact 'limited' 3 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine." BBC News. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2020. "The adviser suggested using an element of surprise, as well as helicopters, to try to keep casualty numbers low – features which were not part of the final operation, Mr Hague said."
  3. ^ Jodhka (2001): "Not only has the once powerful Khalistan movement virtually disappeared, even the appeal of identity seems to have considerably declined during the last couple of years."

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External links

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khalistan, movement, separatist, movement, seeking, create, homeland, sikhs, establishing, ethno, religious, sovereign, state, called, khalistan, land, khalsa, punjab, region, proposed, boundaries, khalistan, vary, between, different, groups, some, suggest, en. The Khalistan movement is a separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing an ethno religious sovereign state called Khalistan lit land of the Khalsa in the Punjab region 2 The proposed boundaries of Khalistan vary between different groups some suggest the entirety of the Sikh majority Indian state of Punjab while larger claims include Pakistani Punjab and other parts of North India such as Chandigarh Haryana and Himachal Pradesh 3 Shimla and Lahore have been proposed as the capital of Khalistan 4 5 The proposed flag of Khalistan is often used as a symbol of the Khalistan movement 1 The call for a separate Sikh state began during the 1930s when British rule in India was nearing its end 6 In 1940 the first explicit call for Khalistan was made in a pamphlet titled Khalistan 7 8 With financial and political support of the Sikh diaspora the movement flourished in the Indian state of Punjab which has a Sikh majority population continuing through the 1970s and 1980s and reaching its zenith in the late 1980s The Sikh separatist leader Jagjit Singh Chohan said that during his talks with Pakistani prime minister that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto affirmed we ll help you and make it the capital of Khalistan and claimed Bhutto wanted revenge over Bangladesh 9 With the end of the Cold War in the 1990s the insurgency petered out 10 and the movement failed to reach its objective for multiple reasons including heavy police crackdowns on separatists factional infighting and disillusionment from the Sikh population There is some support within India and the Sikh diaspora with yearly demonstrations in protest of those killed during Operation Blue Star 11 12 13 In early 2018 some militant groups were arrested by police in Punjab India 14 Former Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh claimed that the recent extremism is backed by Pakistan s Inter Services Intelligence ISI and Khalistani sympathisers in Canada Italy and the UK 15 Simranjit Singh Mann elected in 2022 from Sangrur is currently the only openly Khalistani MP in the Indian parliament and his party and Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar is currently the only pro Khalistan party in the Indian parliament 16 17 Contents 1 Pre 1950s 1 1 Partition of India 1947 1 2 Sikh relationship with Punjab via Oberoi 2 1950s to 1970s 2 1 Emergence in India 2 1 1 Anandpur Resolution 2 2 Emergence in the diaspora 2 2 1 Chohan in Pakistan and US 2 2 2 Council of Khalistan 2 2 3 Operation Blue Star and impact 3 Late 1970s to 1983 3 1 Delhi Asian Games 1982 4 1984 4 1 Increasing militant activity 4 2 Constitutional issues 4 3 Operation Blue Star 4 4 Assassination of Indira Gandhi and anti Sikh riots 5 1985 to present day 5 1 1985 5 1 1 Rajiv Longowal Accord 5 1 2 Air India Flight 182 5 2 Late 1980s 5 3 1990s 5 4 2000s 5 4 1 Retribution 5 4 2 2010s 5 4 3 2020s 6 Militancy 6 1 Militant groups 6 2 Abatement 7 Outside of India 7 1 Pakistan 7 2 United States 7 3 Canada 7 4 United Kingdom 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 10 1 Citations 10 2 Bibliography 11 Further reading 11 1 Primary sources 11 2 Secondary sources 12 External linksPre 1950s nbsp Maharaja Ranjit Singh s Sikh Empire at its peak in c 1839 most of which is currently under PakistanSikhs have been concentrated in the Punjab region of South Asia 18 Before its conquest by the British the region around Punjab had been ruled by the confederacy of Sikh Misls The Misls ruled over the eastern Punjab from 1733 to 1799 19 until their confederacy was unified into the Sikh Empire by Maharajah Ranjit Singh from 1799 to 1849 20 At the end of the Second Anglo Sikh War in 1849 the Sikh Empire was dissolved into separate princely states and the British province of Punjab 21 In newly conquered regions religio nationalist movements emerged in response to British divide and rule administrative policies the perceived success of Christian missionaries converting Hindus Sikhs and Muslims and a general belief that the solution to the downfall among India s religious communities was a grassroots religious revival 22 As the British Empire began to dissolve in the 1930s Sikhs made their first call for a Sikh homeland 6 When the Lahore Resolution of the Muslim League demanded Punjab be made into a Muslim state the Akalis viewed it as an attempt to usurp a historically Sikh territory 23 24 In response the Sikh party Shiromani Akali Dal argued for a community that was separate from Hindus and Muslims 25 The Akali Dal imagined Khalistan as a theocratic state led by the Maharaja of Patiala with the aid of a cabinet consisting of the representatives of other units 26 The country would include parts of present day Punjab India present day Punjab Pakistan including Lahore and the Simla Hill States 27 Partition of India 1947 nbsp British Punjab Province in 1909Before the 1947 partition of India Sikhs were not in majority in any of the districts of pre partition British Punjab Province other than Ludhiana where Sikhs formed 41 6 of the population 28 Rather districts in the region had a majority of either the Hindus or Muslims depending on its location in the province British India was partitioned on a religious basis in 1947 where the Punjab province was divided between India and the newly created Pakistan As result a majority of Sikhs along with the Hindus migrated from the Pakistani region to India s Punjab which included present day Haryana and Himachal Pradesh The Sikh population which had gone as high as 19 8 in some Pakistani districts in 1941 dropped to 0 1 in Pakistan and rose sharply in the districts assigned to India However they would still be a minority in the Punjab province of India which remained a Hindu majority province 29 page needed Sikh relationship with Punjab via Oberoi nbsp A map of the present day Indian state of Punjab Following the partition East Punjab became PEPSU which was further divided in 1966 with the formation of the new states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh as well as the current state of Punjab Punjab is the only state in India with a majority Sikh population Sikh historian Harjot Singh Oberoi argues that despite the historical linkages between Sikhs and Punjab territory has never been a major element of Sikh self definition He makes the case that the attachment of Punjab with Sikhism is a recent phenomenon stemming from the 1940s 30 Historically Sikhism has been pan Indian with the Guru Granth Sahib the main scripture of Sikhism drawing from works of saints in both North and South India while several major seats in Sikhism e g Nankana Sahib in Pakistan Takht Sri Patna Sahib in Bihar and Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra are located outside of Punjab 31 Oberoi makes the case that Sikh leaders in the late 1930s and 1940s realized that the dominance of Muslims in Pakistan and of Hindus in India was imminent To justify a separate Sikh state within the Punjab Sikh leaders started to mobilize meta commentaries and signs to argue that Punjab belonged to Sikhs and Sikhs belong to Punjab This began the territorialization of the Sikh community 30 This territorialization of the Sikh community would be formalized in March 1946 when the Sikh political party of Akali Dal passed a resolution proclaiming the natural association of Punjab and the Sikh religious community 32 Oberoi argues that despite having its beginnings in the early 20th century Khalistan as a separatist movement was never a major issue until the late 1970s and 1980s when it began to militarize 33 1950s to 1970sThere are two distinct narratives about the origins of the calls for a sovereign Khalistan One refers to the events within India itself while the other privileges the role of the Sikh diaspora Both of these narratives vary in the form of governance proposed for this state e g theocracy vs democracy as well as the proposed name i e Sikhistan vs Khalistan Even the precise geographical borders of the proposed state differs among them although it was generally imagined to be carved out from one of various historical constructions of the Punjab 34 Emergence in India See also Punjabi Suba movement Established on 14 December 1920 Akali Dal was a Sikh political party that sought to form a government in Punjab 35 Following the 1947 independence of India the Punjabi Suba movement led by the Akali Dal sought the creation of a province suba for Punjabi people The Akali Dal s maximal position of demands was a sovereign state i e Khalistan while its minimal position was to have an autonomous state within India 34 The issues raised during the Punjabi Suba movement were later used as a premise for the creation of a separate Sikh country by proponents of Khalistan As the religious based partition of India led to much bloodshed the Indian government initially rejected the demand concerned that creating a Punjabi majority state would effectively mean yet again creating a state based on religious grounds 36 37 On 7 September 1966 the Punjab Reorganisation Act was passed in Parliament implemented with effect beginning 1 November 1966 Accordingly Punjab was divided into the state of Punjab and Haryana with certain areas to Himachal Pradesh Chandigarh was made a centrally administered Union territory 38 While the Union Government led by Indira Gandhi agreed with the creation of Punjab state but refused to make Chandigarh as its capital and also refused to make it autonomous The outcome of the Punjabi Suba movement failed to meet demands of its leaders 39 Anandpur Resolution See also Anandpur Sahib Resolution As Punjab and Haryana now shared the capital of Chandigarh resentment was felt among Sikhs in Punjab 35 Adding further grievance a canal system was put in place over the rivers of Ravi Beas and Sutlej which flowed through Punjab in order for water to also reach Haryana and Rajasthan As result Punjab would only receive 23 of the water while the rest would go to the two other states The fact that the issue would not be revisited brought on additional turmoil to Sikh resentment against Congress 35 The Akali Dal was defeated in the 1972 Punjab elections 40 To regain public appeal the party put forward the Anandpur Sahib Resolution in 1973 to demand radical devolution of power and further autonomy to Punjab 41 The resolution document included both religious and political issues asking for the recognition of Sikhism as a religion separate from Hinduism as well as the transfer of Chandigarh and certain other areas to Punjab It also demanded that power be radically devolved from the central to state governments 42 The document was largely forgotten for some time after its adoption until gaining attention in the following decade In 1982 the Akali Dal and Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale joined hands to launch the Dharam Yudh Morcha in order to implement the resolution Thousands of people joined the movement feeling that it represented a real solution to such demands as larger shares of water for irrigation and the return of Chandigarh to Punjab 43 Emergence in the diaspora According to the events outside India narrative particularly after 1971 the notion of a sovereign and independent state of Khalistan began to get popularized among Sikhs in North America and Europe One such account is provided by the Khalistan Council which had moorings in West London where the Khalistan movement is said to have been launched in 1970 34 Davinder Singh Parmar migrated to London in 1954 According to Parmar his first pro Khalistan meeting was attended by less than 20 people and he was labelled as a madman receiving only one person s support Parmar continued his efforts despite the lack of following eventually raising the Khalistani flag in Birmingham in the 1970s 44 In 1969 two years after losing the Punjab Assembly elections Indian politician Jagjit Singh Chohan moved to the United Kingdom to start his campaign for the creation of Khalistan 45 Chohan s proposal included Punjab Himachal Haryana as well as some parts of Rajasthan 46 Parmar and Chohan met in 1970 and formally announced the Khalistan movement at a London press conference though being largely dismissed by the community as fanatical fringe without any support 44 Chohan in Pakistan and US nbsp Location of Nankana Sahib in Punjab Pakistan that was proposed as the capital of Khalistan by ZA Bhutto Following the Indo Pakistani War of 1971 Chohan visited Pakistan as a guest of such leaders as Chaudhuri Zahoor Elahi Visiting Nankana Sahib and several historical gurdwaras in Pakistan Chohan utilized the opportunity to spread the notion of an independent Sikh state Widely publicized by Pakistani press the extensive coverage of his remarks introduced the international community including those in India to the demand of Khalistan for the first time Though lacking public support the term Khalistan became more and more recognizable 44 According to Chohan during a talk with Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan Bhutto had proposed to make Nankana Sahib the capital of Khalistan 47 On 13 October 1971 visiting the United States at the invitation of his supporters in the Sikh diaspora Chohan placed an advertisement in the New York Times proclaiming an independent Sikh state Such promotion enabled him to collect millions of dollars from the diaspora 45 eventually leading to charges in India relating to sedition and other crimes in connection with his separatist activities Council of Khalistan After returning to India in 1977 Chohan travelled to Britain in 1979 There he would establish the Council of Khalistan 48 declaring its formation at Anandpur Sahib on 12 April 1980 Chohan designated himself as President of the Council and Balbir Singh Sandhu as its Secretary General In May 1980 Chohan travelled to London to announce the formation of Khalistan A similar announcement was made in Amritsar by Sandhu who released stamps and currency of Khalistan Operating from a building termed Khalistan House Chohan named a Cabinet and declared himself president of the Republic of Khalistan issuing symbolic Khalistan passports postage stamps and Khalistan dollars Moreover embassies in Britain and other European countries were opened by Chohan 45 It is reported that with the support of a wealthy Californian peach magnate Chohan opened an Ecuadorian bank account to further support his operation 46 As well as maintaining contacts among various groups in Canada the US and Germany Chohan kept in contact with the Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale who was campaigning for a theocratic Sikh homeland 45 The globalized Sikh diaspora invested efforts and resources for Khalistan but the Khalistan movement remained nearly invisible on the global political scene until the Operation Blue Star of June 1984 44 Operation Blue Star and impact In later disclosures from former special secretary G B S Sidhu of the Research and Analysis Wing R amp AW the foreign intelligence agency of India R amp AW itself helped build the Khalistan legend actively participating in the planning of Operation Blue Star While posted in Ottawa Canada in 1976 to look into the Khalistan problem among the Sikh diaspora Sidhu found nothing amiss during the three years he was there 49 stating that Delhi was unnecessarily making a mountain of a molehill where none existed that the agency created seven posts in West Europe and North America in 1981 to counter non existent Khalistan activities and that the deployed officers were not always familiar with the Sikhs or the Punjab issue 49 He described the secessionist movement as a chimera until the army operation after which the insurgency would start 49 According to a New York Times article written just a few weeks after the operation Before the raid on the Golden Temple neither the Government nor anyone else appeared to put much credence in the Khalistan movement Mr Bhindranwale himself said many times that he was not seeking an independent country for Sikhs merely greater autonomy for Punjab within the Indian Union One possible explanation advanced for the Government s raising of the Khalistan question is that it needs to take every opportunity to justify the killing in Amritsar and the invasion of the Sikhs holiest shrine 50 Khushwant Singh had written that considerable Khalistan sentiment seems to have arisen since the raid on the temple which many Sikhs if not most have taken as a deep offense to their religion and their sensibilities referring to the drastic change in community sentiments after the army attack 50 Late 1970s to 1983Main article Dharam Yudh Morcha Delhi Asian Games 1982 The Akali leaders having planned to announce a victory for Dharam Yudh Morcha were outraged by the changes to the agreed upon settlement In November 1982 Akali leader Harchand Singh Longowal announced that the party would disrupt the 9th annual Asian Games by sending groups of Akali workers to Delhi to intentionally get arrested Following negotiations between the Akali Dal and the government failed at the last moment due to disagreements regarding the transfer of areas between Punjab and Haryana 51 Knowing that the Games would receive extensive coverage Akali leaders vowed to overwhelm Delhi with a flood of protestors aiming to heighten the perception of Sikh plight among the international audience 51 A week before the Games Bhajan Lal Chief Minister of Haryana and member of the INC party responded by sealing the Delhi Punjab border 51 and ordering all Sikh visitors travelling from to Delhi from Punjab to be frisked 52 While such measures were seen as discriminatory and humiliating by Sikhs they proved effective as Akali Dal could only organize small and scattered protests in Delhi Consequently many Sikhs who did not initially support Akalis and Bhindranwale began sympathizing with the Akali Morcha 51 Following the conclusion of the Games Longowal organised a convention of Sikh veterans at the Darbar Sahib It was attended by a large number of Sikh ex servicemen including retd Major General Shabeg Singh who subsequently became Bhindranwale s military advisor 51 1984Increasing militant activity Widespread murders by followers of Bhindranwale occurred in 1980s Punjab Armed Khalistani militants of this period described themselves as kharku 53 On its own the year 1984 from 1 January to 3 June saw 775 violent incidents resulting in 298 people killed and 525 injured 54 Though it was common knowledge that those responsible for such bombings and murders were taking shelter in gurdwaras the INC Government of India declared that it could not enter these places of worship for the fear of hurting Sikh sentiments 43 Even as detailed reports on the open shipping of arms laden trucks were sent to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi the Government choose not to take action 43 Finally following the murder of six Hindu bus passengers in October 1983 emergency rule was imposed in Punjab which would continue for more than a decade 55 Constitutional issues The Akali Dal began more agitation in February 1984 protesting against Article 25 clause 2 b of the Indian Constitution which ambiguously explains that the reference to Hindus shall be construed as including a reference to persons professing the Sikh Jaina or Buddhist religion while also implicitly recognizing Sikhism as a separate religion the wearing and carrying of kripans sic shall be deemed to be included in the profession of the Sikh religion 56 109 Even today this clause is deemed offensive by many religious minorities in India due to its failure to recognise such religions separately under the constitution 56 Members of the Akali Dal demanded that the removal of any ambiguity in the Constitution that refers to Sikhs as Hindu as such prompts various concerns for the Sikh population both in principle and in practice For instance a Sikh couple who would marry in accordance to the rites of their religion would have to register their union either under the Special Marriage Act 1954 or the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 The Akalis demanded replacement of such rules with laws specific to Sikhism Operation Blue Star Operation Blue Star was an Indian military operation ordered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi between 1 and 8 June 1984 to remove militant religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers from the buildings of the Harmandir Sahib complex aka the Golden Temple in Amritsar Punjab the most sacred site in Sikhism 57 In July 1983 Akali Dal President Harchand Singh Longowal had invited Bhindranwale to take up residence at the sacred temple complex 58 which the government would allege that Bhindranwale would later make into an armoury and headquarters for his armed uprising 59 60 Since the inception of the Dharam Yudh Morcha to the violent events leading up to Operation Blue Star Khalistani militants had directly killed 165 Hindus and Nirankaris as well as 39 Sikhs opposed to Bhindranwale while a total of 410 were killed and 1 180 injured as a result of Khalistani violence and riots 61 As negotiations held with Bhindranwale and his supporters proved unsuccessful Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to launch Operation Blue Star 62 Along with the Army the operation would involve Central Reserve Police Force Border Security Force and Punjab Police Army units led by Lt Gen Kuldip Singh Brar a Sikh surrounded the temple complex on 3 June 1984 Just before the commencement of the operation Lt Gen Brar addressed the soldiers 63 The action is not against the Sikhs or the Sikh religion it is against terrorism If there is anyone amongst them who have strong religious sentiments or other reservations and do not wish to take part in the operation he can opt out and it will not be held against him Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar However none of the soldiers opted out including many Sikh officers junior commissioned officers and other ranks 63 Using a public address system the Army repeatedly demanded the militants to surrender asking them to at least allow pilgrims to leave the temple premises before commencing battle Nothing happened until 7 00 pm IST 64 The Army equipped with tanks and heavy artillery had grossly underestimated the firepower possessed by the militants who attacked with anti tank and machine gun fire from the heavily fortified Akal Takht and who possessed Chinese made rocket propelled grenade launchers with armour piercing capabilities After a 24 hour shootout the army finally wrested control of the temple complex Bhindranwale was killed in the operation while many of his followers managed to escape Army casualty figures counted 83 dead and 249 injured 65 Although Rajiv Gandhi would later admit that over 700 Indian soldiers died 66 According to the official estimate presented by the Indian Government the event resulted in a combined total of 493 militant and civilian casualties as well as the apprehension of 1592 individuals 67 Independent estimates say over 5 000 civilians and only 200 militants 68 U K Foreign Secretary William Hague attributed high civilian casualties to the Indian Government s attempt at a full frontal assault on the militants diverging from the recommendations provided by the U K Military i ii Opponents of Gandhi also criticised the operation for its excessive use of force Lieutenant General Brar later stated that the Government had no other recourse due to a complete breakdown of the situation state machinery was under the militants control declaration of Khalistan was imminent and Pakistan would have come into the picture declaring its support for Khalistan 69 Nonetheless the operation did not crush Khalistani militancy as it continued 33 According to the Mitrokhin Archive in 1982 the Soviets used a recruit in the New Delhi residency named Agent S who was close to Indira Gandhi as a major channel for providing her disinformation regarding Khalistan Agent S provided Indira Gandhi with false documents purporting to show Pakistani involvement to create religious disturbances and allegedly initiate a Khalistan conspiracy After Rajiv Gandhi s visit to Moscow in 1983 the Soviets persuaded him that the US was engaged in secret support for the Sikhs By 1984 according to Mitrokhin the disinformation the Soviets provided had influenced Indira Gandhi to pursue Operation Blue Star 70 71 72 Assassination of Indira Gandhi and anti Sikh riots Main article Indira Gandhi assassination nbsp Indira GandhiOn the morning of 31 October 1984 Indira Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by her two personal security guards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh both Sikhs in retaliation for Operation Blue Star 33 The assassination triggered the 1984 anti Sikh riots across North India While the ruling party Indian National Congress INC maintained that the violence was due to spontaneous riots its critics have alleged that INC members themselves had planned a pogrom against the Sikhs 73 The Nanavati Commission a special commission created to investigate the riots concluded that INC leaders including Jagdish Tytler H K L Bhagat and Sajjan Kumar had directly or indirectly taken a role in the rioting incidents 74 75 Union Minister Kamal Nath was accused of leading riots near Rakab Ganj but was cleared due to lack of evidence 75 Other political parties strongly condemned the riots 76 Two major civil liberties organisations issued a joint report on the anti Sikh riots naming 16 significant politicians 13 police officers and 198 others accused by survivors and eyewitnesses 77 1985 to present day1985 Rajiv Longowal Accord Main article Punjab accord This section needs additional citations for verification Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed September 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Many Sikh and Hindu groups as well as organisations not affiliated to any religion have attempted to establish peace between the Khalistan proponents and the Government of India citation needed Akalis continued to witness radicalization of Sikh politics fearing disastrous consequences 35 In response President Harchand Singh Longowal reinstated the head of the Akali Dal and pushed for a peace initiative that reiterated the importance of Hindu Sikh amity condemning Sikh extremist violence therefore declaring that the Akali Dal was not in favor of Khalistan In 1985 the Government of India attempted to seek a political solution to the grievances of the Sikhs through the Rajiv Longowal Accord which took place between Longowal and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi The Accord recognizing the religious territorial and economic demands of the Sikhs that were thought to be non negotiable under Indira Gandhi s tenure agreed to establish commissions and independent tribunals in order to resolve the Chandigarh issue and the river dispute laying the basis for Akali Dal s victory in the coming elections 35 Though providing a basis for a return to normality Chandigarh evidently remained an issue and the agreement was denounced by Sikh militants who refused to give up the demand for an independent Khalistan These extremists who were left unappeased reacted by assassinating Longowal 60 Such behavior lead to the dismissal of negotiations whereby both Congress and the Akali parties accused each other of aiding terrorism 35 The Indian Government pointed to the involvement of a foreign hand referring to Pakistan s abetting of the movement Punjab noted to the Indian Government that militants were able to obtain sophisticated arms through sources outside the country and by developing links with sources within the country 35 As such the Government believed that large illegal flows of arms were flowing through the borders of India with Pakistan being responsible for trafficking arms India claimed that Pakistan provided sanctuary arms money and moral support to the militants though most of the accusations were based on circumstantial evidence 35 Air India Flight 182 nbsp Irish Naval Service recovering bodies from the Air India Flight 182 bombing nbsp The aircraft involved VT EFO seen on 10 June 1985 less than two weeks before the bombing of Air India Flight 182Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montreal London Delhi Bombay route On 23 June 1985 a Boeing 747 operating on the route was blown up by a bomb mid air off the coast of Ireland A total of 329 people aboard were killed 78 268 Canadian citizens 27 British citizens and 24 Indian citizens including the flight crew On the same day an explosion due to a luggage bomb was linked to the terrorist operation and occurred at the Narita Airport in Tokyo Japan intended for Air India Flight 301 killing two baggage handlers The entire event was inter continental in scope killing 331 people in total and affected five countries on different continents Canada the United Kingdom India Japan and Ireland The main suspects in the bombing were members of a Sikh separatist group called the Babbar Khalsa and other related groups who were at the time agitating for a separate Sikh state of Khalistan in Punjab India In September 2007 the Canadian Commission of Inquiry investigated reports initially disclosed in the Indian investigative news magazine Tehelka 79 that a hitherto unnamed person Lakhbir Singh Rode had masterminded the explosions However in conclusion two separate Canadian inquiries officially determined that the mastermind behind the terrorist operation was in fact the Canadian Talwinder Singh Parmar 80 Several men were arrested and tried for the Air India bombing Inderjit Singh Reyat a Canadian national and member of the International Sikh Youth Federation who pleaded guilty in 2003 to manslaughter would be the only person convicted in the case 81 82 He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for assembling the bombs that exploded on board Air India Flight 182 and at Narita Airport 83 Late 1980s Main article Punjab insurgency In 1986 when the insurgency was at its peak the Golden Temple was again occupied by militants belonging to the All India Sikh Students Federation and Damdami Taksal The militants called an assembly Sarbat Khalsa and on 26 January they passed a resolution gurmatta in favour of the creation of Khalistan 84 However only the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee SGPC had the authority to appoint the jathedar the supreme religio temporal seat of the Sikhs The militants thus dissolved the SGPC and appointed their own jathedar who turned out to refuse their bidding as well Militant leader Gurbachan Singh Manochahal thereby appointed himself by force 85 On 29 April 1986 an assembly of separatist Sikhs at the Akal Takht made a declaration of an independent state of Khalistan 86 and a number of rebel militant groups in favour of Khalistan subsequently waged a major insurgency against the Government of India A decade of violence and conflict in Punjab would follow before a return to normality in the region This period of insurgency saw clashes of Sikh militants with the police as well as with the Nirankaris a mystical Sikh sect who are less conservative in their aims to reform Sikhism 87 The Khalistani militant activities manifested in the form of several attacks such as the 1987 massacre of 32 Hindu bus passengers near Lalru and the 1991 killing of 80 train passengers in Ludhiana 88 Such activities continued on into the 1990s as the perpetrators of the 1984 riots remained unpunished while many Sikhs also felt that they were being discriminated against and that their religious rights were being suppressed 89 In the parliamentary elections of 1989 Sikh separatist representatives were victorious in 10 of Punjab s 13 national seats and had the most popular support 90 need quotation to verify The Congress cancelled those elections and instead hosted a Khaki election The separatists boycotted the poll The voter turnout was 24 The Congress won this election and used it to further its anti separatist campaign Most of the separatist leadership was wiped out and the moderates were suppressed by end of 1993 91 need quotation to verify 1990s Indian security forces suppressed the insurgency in the early 1990s while Sikh political groups such as the Khalsa Raj Party and SAD A continued to pursue an independent Khalistan through non violent means 92 93 94 Whereas to take iron from the terrorists in the village Bhikhiwind district Tarn Taran Sandhu family fought everyday like the last day and defeated terrorists several times One such incident was on 30 September 1990 when about 200 terrorists attacked Balwinder Singh s house In retaliation the Sandhu family using weapons provided by state police killed several and compiled the rest of the terrorists to run away The Family awarded the Shaurya Chakra to show most conspicuous bravery indomitable courage 95 In August 1991 Julio Ribeiro then Indian Ambassador to Romania was attacked and wounded at Bucharest in an assassination attempt by gunmen identified as Punjabi Sikhs 96 89 Sikh groups also claimed responsibility for the 1991 kidnapping of Liviu Radu the Romanian charge d affaires in New Delhi This appeared to be in retaliation for Romanian arrests of Khalistan Liberation Force members suspected of the attempted assassination of Ribeiro 89 97 Radu was released unharmed after Sikh politicians criticised the action 98 In October 1991 the New York Times reported that violence had increased sharply in the months leading up to the kidnapping with Indian security forces or Sikh militants killing 20 or more people per day and that the militants had been gunning down family members of police officers 89 Scholar Ian Talbot states that all sides including the Indian Army police and the militants committed crimes like murder rape and torture 99 From 24 January 1993 to 4 August 1993 Khalistan was a member of the NGO Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization The membership was permanently suspended on 22 January 1995 100 On 31 August 1995 Chief Minister Beant Singh was killed in a suicide bombing for which the pro Khalistan group Babbar Khalsa claimed responsibility Security authorities however reported the group s involvement to be doubtful 101 A 2006 press release by the Embassy of the United States in New Delhi indicated that the responsible organisation was the Khalistan Commando Force 102 While the militants enjoyed some support among Sikh separatists in the earlier period this support gradually disappeared 103 The insurgency weakened the Punjab economy and led to an increase in violence in the state With dwindling support and increasingly effective Indian security troops eliminating anti state combatants Sikh militancy effectively ended by the early 1990s 104 2000s Retribution There have been serious charges levelled by human rights activists against Indian Security forces headed by Sikh police officer K P S Gill claiming that thousands of suspects were killed in staged shootouts and thousands of bodies were cremated disposed of without proper identification or post mortems 105 106 107 108 Human Rights Watch reported that since 1984 government forces had resorted to widespread human rights violations to fight the militants including arbitrary arrest prolonged detention without trial torture and summary executions of civilians and suspected militants Family members were frequently detained and tortured to reveal the whereabouts of relatives sought by the police 109 110 Amnesty International has alleged several cases of disappearances torture rape and unlawful detentions by the police during the Punjab insurgency for which 75 100 police officers had been convicted by December 2002 111 2010s Activities in the 2010s by Khalistani militants include the Tarn Taran blast in which a police crackdown arrested 4 terrorists one of whom revealed they were ordered by Sikhs for Justice to kill multiple Dera leaders in India 112 113 Pro Khalistan organisations such as Dal Khalsa are also active outside India supported by a section of the Sikh diaspora 114 As of 25 December there also have been inputs by multiple agencies about a possible attack in Punjab by Babbar Khalsa and Khalistan Zindabad Force according to Indian Media sources are allegedly in contact with their Pakistani handlers and are trying to smuggle arms across the border 115 116 In November 2015 a congregation of the Sikh community i e a Sarbat Khalsa was called in response to recent unrest in the Punjab region The Sarbat Khalsa adopted 13 resolutions to strengthen Sikh institutions and traditions The 12th resolution reaffirmed the resolutions adopted by the Sarbat Khalsa in 1986 including the declaration of the sovereign state of Khalistan 117 Moreover signs in favour of Khalistan were raised when SAD Amritsar President Simranjeet Singh Mann met with Surat Singh Khalsa who was admitted to Dayanand Medical College amp Hospital DMCH While Mann was arguing with ACP Satish Malhotra supporters standing at the main gate of DMCH raised Khalistan signs in the presence of heavy police force After a confrontation with the police authorities that lasted about 15 20 minutes Mann was allowed to meet Khalsa along with ADCP Paramjeet Singh Pannu 118 Maintaining persistent connection their culture and religion the Sikh diaspora outside India is seen increasingly supporting the movement by means of financial support propaganda and political lobbying in the countries they reside and taking a prominent role in driving the movement Emboldened by expansive political and financial ties the Diaspora has used gurudwaras among other available establishments as such to disperse financial and diplomatic aid to the movement in Punjab and modern communication modes such as the internet and social media to rally support for it 119 Recently many signs have been raised in several places in support of the Khalistan movement although the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada IRB reports that Sikhs who support Khalistan may themselves be detained and tortured 120 Notably on the 31st anniversary of Operation Bluestar pro Khalistan signs were raised in Punjab resulting in 25 Sikh youths being detained by police 121 Pro Khalistan signs were also raised during a function of Punjabi Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Two members of SAD A identified as Sarup Singh Sandha and Rajindr Singh Channa raised pro Khalistan and anti Badal signs during the chief minister s speech 122 In retrospect the Khalistan movement has failed to reach its objectives in India due to several reasons Heavy Police crackdown on the separatists under the leadership of Punjab Police chief KPS Gill 14 Several militant leaders were killed and others surrendered and rehabilitated 85 Gill credits the decline to change in the policies by adding provision for an adequate number of police and security forces to deal with the militancy The clear political will from the government without any interference 85 Lack of a clear political concept of Khalistan even to the extremist supporters As per Kumar 1997 the name which was wishful thinking only represented their revulsion against the Indian establishment and did not find any alternative to it 123 In the later stages of the movement militants lacked an ideological motivation 85 The entry of criminals and government loyalists into its ranks further divided the groups 85 Loss of sympathy and support from the Sikh population of Punjab 85 The divisions among the Sikhs also undermined this movement According to Pettigrew non Jat urban Sikhs did not want to live in a country of Jatistan 124 125 Further division was caused as the people in the region traditionally preferred police and military service as career options The Punjab Police had a majority of Jat Sikhs and the conflict was referred as Jat against Jat by Police Chief Gill 85 Moderate factions of Akali Dal led by Prakash Singh Badal reclaimed the political positions in the state through all three assembly namely parliamentary and SGPC elections The dominance of traditional political parties was reasserted over the militant associated factions 126 The increased vigilance by security forces in the region against rise of separatist elements 127 The confidence building measures adopted by the Sikh community helped in rooting out the Khalistan movement 127 Simrat Dhillon 2007 writing for the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies noted that while a few groups continued to fight the movement has lost its popular support both in India and within the Diaspora community 128 2020s In August 2022 Amritpal Singh a self styled radical 132 preacher came to prominence after being appointed as the head of Waris Punjab De in the wake of Deep Sidhu s death a succession described as illegitimate by the relatives and some associates of Sidhu 133 134 135 136 He subsequently embarked on a campaign and numerous preaching tours advocating for the creation of Khalistan and for Sikhs to receive baptism imbibe religious austerities and to shun drugs and other vices 137 138 He glorified the use of violence and weapons during public events 139 In March 2023 Indian authorities initiated a crackdown on Waris Punjab De alleging the organization s involvement in attempted murder attacks on police personnel and spreading disharmony in Punjab 140 He was eventually arrested on 23 April after absconding and being on the run for 35 days 141 Numerous protests particularly among diaspora Sikhs occurred in the aftermath of Singh s arrest While many transpired without incident numerous violent attacks were reported in various locations A mob of protesters attacked the Indian consulate in San Francisco another mob attacked the Indian High Commission office in London and attempted to pull down the Indian flag off the pole broke windows and inflicted minor injuries on security staff 142 143 144 The NIA has claimed that a group of protestors in San Francisco were exhorted to kill all representatives of the Indian government 145 Further two people poured flammable material in the entrance of the consulate and attempted to set the building on fire 146 In Washington Khalistani supporters verbally intimidated and physically assaulted an Indian journalist covering the protests 147 In Surrey another journalist was allegedly assaulted and harassed by Khalistani supporters 148 The Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu was threatened with assassination by Khalistanis 149 On 18 June 2023 Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in the parking lot of a Sikh temple in Surrey British Columbia Nijjar was allegedly the head of two pro Khalistan organisations in Canada and had been accused by the Indian Government of orchestrating targeted killings in India for which it unsuccessfully sought his extradition 150 On 2 July Khalistani supporters set the Indian consulate in San Francisco on fire 151 The arson attempt was promptly suppressed by the San Francisco Department resulting in limited damage to the building and no injuries to the staffers present 152 The incident was condemned by State Department spokesman Matthew Miller 153 A video of the incident was released on Twitter by Khalistani supporters suggesting the attack was retaliation for the recent death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar 152 Nijjar s death sparked rallies among sections of the Sikh diaspora posters promoting these events alleged Indian diplomats played a role in the death The posters were condemned by Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly who assured the safety of Indian diplomats and buildings 154 However on 18 September Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau stated that Canadian intelligence was pursuing credible allegations linking his murder with the Indian government calling on India to cooperate with Canada in investigating the murder 155 156 New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh said that no stone would be left unturned in the pursuit of justice and that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be held accountable 157 Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly said that Canada had expelled a top ranking Indian diplomat In response India expelled the top Canadian spy according to Hindustan Times 158 The Indian government released a statement denying all accusations as absurd and motivated 158 MilitancyDuring the late 1980s and the early 1990s there was a dramatic rise in radical State militancy in Punjab The 1984 military Operation Blue Star in the Golden Temple in Amritsar offended many Sikhs 159 The separatists used this event as well as the following 1984 anti Sikh riots to claim that the interest of Sikhs was not safe in India and to foster the spread of militancy among Sikhs in Punjab Some sections of the Sikh diaspora also began join the separatists with financial and diplomatic support 33 A section of Sikhs turned to militancy in Punjab and several Sikh militant outfits proliferated in the 1980s and 1990s 30 Some militant groups aimed to create an independent state through acts of violence directed at members of the Indian government army or forces A large numbers of Sikhs condemned the actions of the militants 160 According to anthropological analysis one reason young men had for joining militant and other religious nationalist groups was for fun excitement and expressions of masculinity Puri Judge and Sekhon 1999 suggest that illiterate under educated young men lacking enough job prospects had joined pro Khalistan militant groups for the primary purpose of fun 161 They mention that the pursuit of Khalistan itself was the motivation for only 5 of militants 126 161 Militant groups See also Khalistani groups There are several militant Sikh groups such as the Khalistan Council that are currently functional and provides organization and guidance to the Sikh community Multiple groups are organized across the world coordinating their military efforts for Khalistan Such groups were most active in 1980s and early 1990s and have since receded in activity These groups are largely defunct in India but they still have a political presence among the Sikh diaspora especially in countries such as Pakistan where they are not proscribed by law 162 Most of these outfits were crushed by 1993 during the counter insurgency operations In recent years active groups have included Babbar Khalsa International Sikh Youth Federation Dal Khalsa and Bhindranwale Tiger Force An unknown group before then the Shaheed Khalsa Force claimed credit for the marketplace bombings in New Delhi in 1997 The group has never been heard of since Major pro Khalistan militant outfits include Babbar Khalsa International BKI Listed as a terrorist organisation in the European Union 163 Canada 164 India 165 and UK 165 166 Included in the Terrorist Exclusion List of the U S Government in 2004 167 Designated by the US and the Canadian courts for the bombing of Air India Flight 182 on 27 June 2002 165 168 Bhindranwala Tiger Force of Khalistan BTFK aka Bhindranwale Tiger Force BTF This group appears to have been formed in 1984 by Gurbachan Singh Manochahal Seems to have disbanded or integrated into other organisations after the death of Manochahal 169 Listed in 1995 as one of the 4 major militant groups in the Khalistan movement 170 Khalistan Commando Force KCF 30 Formed by the Sarbat Khalsa in 1986 171 It does not figure in the list of terrorist organisations declared by the U S Department of State DOS 172 According to the DOS 102 and the Assistant Inspector General of the Punjab Police Intelligence Division 173 the KCF was responsible for the deaths of thousands in India including the 1995 assassination of Chief Minister Beant Singh 102 Khalistan Liberation Army KLA Reputed to have been a wing of associated with or a breakaway group of the Khalistan Liberation Force Khalistan Liberation Force 30 Formed in 1986 Believed to be responsible for several bombings of civilian targets in India during the 1980s and 1990s 174 175 sometimes in conjunction with Islamist Kashmir separatists 176 Khalistan Zindabad Force KZF Listed as a terrorist organisation by the EU 163 Last major suspected activity was a bomb blast in 2006 at the Inter State Bus Terminus in Jalandhar 177 International Sikh Youth Federation ISYF 30 based in the United Kingdom All India Sikh Students Federation AISSF Dashmesh Regiment Shaheed Khalsa ForceAbatement The U S Department of State found that Sikh extremism had decreased significantly from 1992 to 1997 although a 1997 report noted that Sikh militant cells are active internationally and extremists gather funds from overseas Sikh communities 178 In 1999 Kuldip Nayar writing for Rediff com stated in an article titled It is fundamentalism again that the Sikh masses had rejected terrorists 179 By 2001 Sikh extremism and the demand for Khalistan had all but abated iii Reported in his paper titled From Bhindranwale to Bin Laden Understanding Religious Violence Director Mark Juergensmeyer of the Orfalea Centre for Global amp International Studies UCSB interviewed a militant who said that the movement is over as many of his colleagues had been killed imprisoned or driven into hiding and because public support was gone 180 Outside of IndiaOperation Blue Star and its violent aftermaths popularized the demand for Khalistan among many Sikhs dispersed globally 181 Involvement of sections of Sikh diaspora turned out to be important for the movement as it provided the diplomatic and financial support It also enabled Pakistan to become involved in the fueling of the movement Sikhs in UK Canada and USA arranged for cadres to travel to Pakistan for military and financial assistance Some Sikh groups abroad even declared themselves as the Khalistani government in exile 33 Sikh places of worship gurdwaras provided the geographic and institutional coordination for the Sikh community Sikh political factions have used the gurdwaras as a forum for political organization The gurdwaras sometimes served as the site for mobilization of diaspora for Khalistan movement directly by raising funds Indirect mobilization was sometimes provided by promoting a stylized version of conflict and Sikh history The rooms in some gurdwara exhibit pictures of Khalistani leaders along with paintings of martyrs from Sikh history 182 Gurdwaras also host speakers and musical groups that promote and encourage the movement Among the diasporas Khalistan issue has been a divisive issue within gurdwaras These factions have fought over the control of gurdwaras and their political and financial resources The fights between pro and anti Khalistan factions over gurdwaras often included violent acts and bloodshed as reported from UK and North America The gurdwaras with Khalistani leadership allegedly funnel the collected funds into activities supporting the movement 182 Different groups of Sikhs in the diaspora organize the convention of international meetings to facilitate communication and establish organizational order In April 1981 the first International Convention of Sikhs was held in New York and was attended by some 200 delegates In April 1987 the third convention was held in Slough Berkshire where the Khalistan issue was addressed This meeting s objective was to build unity in the Khalistan movement 182 All these factors further strengthened the emerging nationalism among Sikhs Sikh organizations launched many fund raising efforts that were used for several purposes After 1984 one of the objectives was the promotion of the Sikh version of ethnonational history and the relationship with the Indian state The Sikh diaspora also increased their efforts to build institutions to maintain and propagate their ethnonational heritage A major objective of these educational efforts was to publicize a different face to the non Sikh international community who regarded the Sikhs as terrorists 183 In 1993 Khalistan was briefly admitted in the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization but was suspended in a few months The membership suspension was made permanent on 22 January 1995 184 185 Pakistan Pakistan has long aspired to dismember India through its Bleed India strategy Even before the Indo Pakistani War of 1971 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto then a member of the military regime of General Yahya Khan stated Once the back of Indian forces is broken in the east Pakistan should occupy the whole of Eastern India and make it a permanent part of East Pakistan Kashmir should be taken at any price even the Sikh Punjab and turned into Khalistan 186 The Sikh separatist leader Jagjit Singh Chohan said that during his talks with Pakistani prime minister that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto affirmed we ll help you and make it the capital of Khalistan Bhutto wanted revenge over Bangladesh 47 General Zia ul Haq who succeeded Bhutto as the Head of State attempted to reverse the traditional antipathy between Sikhs and Muslims arising from the partition violence by restoring Sikh shrines in Pakistan and opening them for Sikh pilgrimage The expatriate Sikhs from England and North America that visited these shrines were at the forefront of the calls for Khalistan During the pilgrims stay in Pakistan the Sikhs were exposed to Khalistani propaganda which would not be openly possible in India 187 188 162 The ISI chief General Abdul Rahman opened a cell within ISI with the objective of supporting the Sikhs freedom struggle against India Rahman s colleagues in ISI took pride in the fact that the Sikhs were able to set the whole province on fire They knew who to kill where to plant a bomb and which office to target General Hamid Gul argued that keeping Punjab destabilized was equivalent to the Pakistan Army having an extra division at no cost Zia ul Haq on the other hand consistently practised the art of plausible denial 187 188 The Khalistan movement was brought to a decline only after India fenced off a part of the Punjab border with Pakistan and the Benazir Bhutto government agreed to joint patrols of the border by Indian and Pakistani troops 189 In 2006 an American court convicted Khalid Awan a Muslim and Canadian of Pakistani descent of supporting terrorism by providing money and financial services to the Khalistan Commando Force chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar in Pakistan 102 KCF members had carried out deadly attacks against Indian civilians causing thousands of deaths Awan frequently travelled to Pakistan and was alleged by the U S officials to have links to Sikh and Muslim extremists as well as Pakistani intelligence 190 In 2008 India s Intelligence Bureau indicated that Pakistan s Inter Services Intelligence organisation was trying to revive Sikh militancy 191 United States The New York Times reported in June 1984 that Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi conveyed to Helmut Schmidt and Willy Brandt both of them being former Chancellors of West Germany that United States Central Intelligence Agency CIA was involved in causing unrest in Punjab It also reported that The Indian Express quoted anonymous officials from India s intelligence establishment as saying that the CIA masterminded a plan to support the acolytes of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale who died a few days ago during Operation Blue Star by smuggling weapons for them through Pakistan 192 The United States embassy denied this report s findings 192 According to B Raman former Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat of India and a senior official of the Research and Analysis Wing the United States initiated a plan in complicity with Pakistan s General Yahya Khan in 1971 to support an insurgency for Khalistan in Punjab 193 194 In 2023 the United States alleged a plot by the Indian government to assassinate the New York based Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun a spokesperson for the pro Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice On November 29 2023 an Indian government employee was the target of an indictment in New York for their alleged role in the assassination plot 195 Canada Immediately after Operation Blue Star authorities were unprepared for how quickly extremism spread and gained support in Canada with extremists threatening to kill thousands of Hindus by a number of means including blowing up Air India flights 196 197 Canadian Member of Parliament Ujjal Dosanjh a moderate Sikh stated that he and others who spoke out against Sikh extremism in the 1980s faced a reign of terror 198 On 18 November 1998 the Canada based Sikh journalist Tara Singh Hayer was gunned down by suspected Khalistani militants The publisher of the Indo Canadian Times a Canadian Sikh and once vocal advocate of the armed struggle for Khalistan he had criticised the bombing of Air India Flight 182 and was to testify about a conversation he overheard concerning the bombing 199 200 On 24 January 1995 201 Tarsem Singh Purewal editor of Britain s Punjabi language weekly Des Pardes was killed as he was closing his office in Southall There is speculation that the murder was related to Sikh extremism which Purewal may have been investigating Another theory is that he was killed in retaliation for revealing the identity of a young rape victim 202 203 Terry Milewski reported in a 2007 documentary for the CBC that a minority within Canada s Sikh community was gaining political influence even while publicly supporting terrorist acts in the struggle for an independent Sikh state 165 In response the World Sikh Organization of Canada WSO a Canadian Sikh human rights group that opposes violence and extremism 204 sued the CBC for defamation slander and libel alleging that Milewski linked it to terrorism and damaged the reputation of the WSO within the Sikh community 205 In 2015 however the WSO unconditionally abandoned any and all claims made in its lawsuit Canadian journalist Kim Bolan has written extensively on Sikh extremism Speaking at the Fraser Institute in 2007 she reported that she still received death threats over her coverage of the 1985 Air India bombing 206 In 2008 a CBC report stated that a disturbing brand of extremist politics has surfaced at some of the Vaisakhi and the Buddhist Vesak parades in Canada 165 and The Trumpet agreed with the CBC assessment 207 Two leading Canadian Sikh politicians refused to attend the parade in Surrey saying it was a glorification of terrorism 165 In 2008 Dr Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India expressed his concern that there might be a resurgence of Sikh extremism 208 209 There has been some controversy over Canada s response to the Khalistan movement After Amarinder Singh s refusal to meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2017 calling him a Khalistani sympathizer Singh ultimately met with Trudeau on 22 February 2018 over the issue 210 Trudeau assured Singh that his country would not support the revival of the separatist movement 211 10 212 Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Badal was quoted saying Khalistan is no issue either in Canada or in Punjab 213 Justin Trudeau has declared that his country would not support the revival of the separatist movement 10 A 2020 report by Canadian ex journalist Terry Milewski criticized the Khalistan movement as driven by the Pakistani government and as a threat to Canadian interests 214 In September 2023 while speaking to the Canadian parliament Justin Trudeau accused India of being involved in the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar a prominent advocate of the Khalistan separatist movement who had been killed by masked gunmen in Surrey British Columbia 215 Although Nijjar had been accused by India of having links to terrorism India denied any involvement in his death and expelled a Canadian diplomat from India following the allegations by Justin Trudeau 215 To date Canada has yet to provide any evidence of Indian involvement in the killing of Nijjar 215 United Kingdom In February 2008 BBC Radio 4 reported that the Chief of the Punjab Police NPS Aulakh alleged that militant groups were receiving money from the British Sikh community 216 The same report included statements that although the Sikh militant groups were poorly equipped and staffed intelligence reports and interrogations indicated that Babbar Khalsa was sending its recruits to the same terrorist training camps in Pakistan used by Al Qaeda 217 Lord Bassam of Brighton then Home Office minister stated that International Sikh Youth Federation ISYF members working from the UK had committed assassinations bombings and kidnappings and were a threat to national security 81 The ISYF is listed in the UK as a Proscribed Terrorist Group 166 but it has not been included in the list of terrorist organisations by the United States Department of State 218 It was also added to the US Treasury Department terrorism list on 27 June 2002 219 Andrew Gilligan reporting for The London Evening Standard stated that the Sikh Federation UK is the successor of the ISYF and that its executive committee objectives and senior members are largely the same 81 220 The Vancouver Sun reported in February 2008 that Dabinderjit Singh was campaigning to have both the Babbar Khalsa and International Sikh Youth Federation de listed as terrorist organisations 221 It also stated of Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day that he has not been approached by anyone lobbying to delist the banned groups Day is also quoted as saying The decision to list organizations such as Babbar Khalsa Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code is intended to protect Canada and Canadians from terrorism 221 There are claims of funding from Sikhs outside India to attract young people into these pro Khalistan militant groups 222 See alsoSikhism in India Kharku Khalsa Sikhs for JusticeNotes Hague William 2014 Allegations of UK Involvement in the Indian Operation at Sri Harmandir Sahib Amritsar 1984 Archived 16 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine Policy paper Available as a PDF Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine 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