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'''[[Khalistan]] Council, Brussels''' ...resolution (gurmattĝ) favoring the independence of Punjab (Khalistan).[4] Khalistan is envisaged as a secular state, rejecting theocracy and espousing a libera

=='''Battles of the Khalistan Movement''', A continuing Series== ...star and clothes from that night and point out the countless bullet marks. People would be amazed and remark that Guru Sahib keeps his Singh today, just like

=='''Battles of the Khalistan Movement''', A continuing Series== ...like a Sikh, Chhiboo was passionately opposed to the Sikh movement and the people became to call him Chhiboo Ram. Chhiboo was from a backward class and in hi

...f Khalistan, a sovereign Sikh nation in South Asia. He is the President of Khalistan, which was declared by the Panthic Committee (Sarbat Khalsa - Khalsa Panth) ==Khalistan movement==

...the [[Khalistan Liberation Force]], and the [[Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan]], clashed repeatedly with the [[Indian Army]] forces during the 1980s and ...bling it to accommodate any potential setbacks. The undisputed head of the Khalistan Commando Force, until his death, was Labh Singh. He appointed half a dozen

=='''Battles of the Khalistan Movement''', A continuing Series== ...-styled Deputy Chief and Lieutenant General of Bhindranwala Tiger Force of Khalistan (BTFK), a sikh militant outfit was holding a meeting with other terrorists

...h, Bhai Amarjeet Singh gave his priceless contribution to the Sikh Freedom Movement. When the Babbar Khalsa and Khalistan Liberation Force became closer, General Bhai Avtar Singh Brahma began to vi

=='''Battles of the Khalistan Movement''', A continuing Series== During the Khalistani movement near the Punjab and Haryana border there was not a single day when the Jujh

Spotted this in a publication called the Jamestown Foundation. Some say that Khalistan Groups have ties to LeT and Al Qaeda, but one thing this picture proves is ...tate). At the top of the list is [[Lakhbir Singh Rode]], who heads the pro-Khalistan International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) and is wanted in relation to cas

...p://articles.latimes.com/1986-10-04/news/mn-4029_1_sikh-terrorism</ref> [[Khalistan Commando Force]] later took responsibility of this attack<ref>http://news.g Former police officer and [[Khalistan Commando Force]] chief [[General Labh Singh]] led the assassination attempt

...ng several criminal charges of kidnappings, torture and murders of several people. Indian Election commission has recieved complaints that he threatened cong ...as Suprintendent of Police (SP), while leading police operations against [[Khalistan]]i insurgents. <ref>http://www.punjabpoliceindia.org/gallantry_awards.aspx<

...|250px|left|Jalwehra handing over a historic memorandum with Sikh demands (Khalistan) to the Indian embassy of Brussels.]] ...''vis a vis'' the crackdown in Punjab on Sikhs militants fighting for [[Khalistan]].

...(a movement started in the 1970's to create a Sikh state in India known as Khalistan) and his murder was connected with clashes between fundamentalists and mode ..."What are you going to do with anger? We like peace and we are a peaceful people." (wikipedia)

=='''Battles of the Khalistan Movement''', A continuing Series== '''The Bolowali''' encounter is the encounter between 5 Khalistan Armed Force soldiers and 12,000 Indian Armed Force. All 5 were shaheed but

...Maken]] and [[A.S.Vaidya|Gen. Vaidya]]. They along with other members of [[Khalistan Commando Force]] (including its chief [[General Labh Singh ]]) were involv ...re The Guilty]]', [[People's Union for Civil Liberties]] (PUCL) listed 227 people who led the mobs, which killed up to 3,000 Sikhs over three days. Lalit Mak

1966 - Punjabi Suba movement - Whilst the media say that Bhindranwale demanded Khalistan, from his speaches you will understand

...t Singh Bains (Punjab Human Right Organization) and Inderjit Singh Jaijee (Movement Against State Repression) who had flown in from Punjab especially to attend ...their right of self-determination and establish a sovereign Sikh state of Khalistan in the Sikh majority Punjab. This remains the legitimate and lawful goal of

=='''Battles of the Khalistan Movement''', A continuing Series== During the Khalistani movement near the Punjab and Haryana border there was not a single day when the Jujh

...Bhai Kulwant Singh Khukhrana]], one of the key figures associated with the Khalistan Liberation Force. Sikh Activist Bhai Avtar Singh Khanda, who was active in ...emselves will give support. Vahiguru Jee Ka Khalsa Vahiguru Jee Kee Fateh! Khalistan zindabad!”''

...n]] and [[A.S.Vaidya|Gen. Vaidya]]. They along with other members of the [[Khalistan Commando Force]] (including its chief [[General Labh Singh]]) were involved ...e.com/books?lr=&ei=LlJxSsuMB4vgyQS_xOHnDg&id=4yduAAAAMAAJ&dq=Jinda+brother+khalistan&q=penta</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=1RNuAAAAMAAJ&q=penta+jin

...equally to them and second and third class people didn't like lower class people taking up arms for self-defense under the command of Guru Ji. Guru Ji not o ...d to surrender saying that "brave people (Muslims) surrender only to brave people (Sikhs)." So Pakistan surrendered to the Sikhs, but Indian television did n

...he formation of an independent Sikh state. The envisioned state, called [[Khalistan]] (meaning ''Land of the Pure'') by its proponents, would comprise [[India| Babbar Khalsa name traces its origin to the [[Babbar Akali Movement]] of [[1920]], which agitated against British colonial rule in India. The c

...beiro]] and helped them to finance campaign for a separate Sikh state of [[Khalistan]]<ref name="pqasb.pqarchiver.com"/><ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-381 ....<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=jmhDAAAAYAAJ&dq=labh+singh+brother+khalistan&lr=&ei=3nNaSruOC4L6lQSX18CSBw India Today, Page 66]</ref><ref>{{cite web|ur

"The police hacked off the arms of people and we collected their torsos in gunny sacks," said one of the residents wh There was a line of poor people, laborers. We joined the line. We entered from the southern gateway. Eve

#During the Quit India Movement many indiscriminate arrests were made and Sikhs contributed 70% of the tota #Partition resulted in up to 2 million people being murdered and another 10-50 million being injured.

...uru Granth Sahib. We took the first vital steps towards the destination of Khalistan by touching our foreheads with the footdust of this nation. The elimination ...cal stream of thought. Because the new Sikh doctrine not only awakened the people, it also inspired them to organize themselves for an armed struggle under t

One of the forgotten heroes of the Sikh movement is Bhai Lachhman Singh Babbar aka. Bashir Mohammed. This is the story of ho It was in these days that the Sikh Liberation Movement was in full stride. Sikh youth were leaving their homes with assault rifles

...as a consultant by the Chattisgarh government to help tackle the Naxalite movement in the state. ...wrong and Gill saved Sikhs and Punjab for India. He came out as a hero in Khalistan episode. However, there were also charges levelled against him and his poli

Khalistan Commando Force ...inds of the enemies to tremble, but also was a conqueror of the revolution movement. Sant Ji was blessed with god’s grace that with every word he uttered, he

...0,000 troops, and both chemical poisoning and tanks were used to arrest 38 people? It is unheard of to need any sort of infantry or tanks to arrest anyone. S ...ss the 25th anniversary of Operation Blue-Star, where hundreds of innocent people lost their lives, the Golden Temple was destroyed and when Sant Jarnail Sin

...y a Bihari “bhaeeya” named Ashutosh soon after the decline of the [[Sikh]] movement. Ashutosh was a servant at “[[Delhi]] Manav Dharam” from which he was k ...iala]] where he became the puppet of the government and decided to mislead people of [[Punjab]]. He established his center in Noormahal and called it “Dive

...hmood made a second trip there, this time focusing on adivasis (indigenous people), human rights, and the [[Sikh]]s.. ...haria tribe of Bihar, the radically declining autonomy of these indigenous people in the face of Indian nationalism led Cynthia further into the area of cent

Shaheed Jathedar Harminder Singh Nihang,Khalistan Liberation Force ...the elder Jhujaru Singhs; who applauded his bravery and initiation to the movement. He could picture that Nirankari’s face as he was going to sleep but felt

...k and everyone began to call him Baba Gurbachan Singh. In the entire area, people began to know him as “Baba Ji”. ...he Nirankaris themselves and Baba Gurbachan Singh also wanted to join this movement. When he asked Sant Jarnail Singh for permission, Sant Ji kept saying that

...e first time. The Sikh Youth Organisation, Dal Khalsa, hoisted the flag of Khalistan at the very spot where 13 GurSikhs fell martyr while defending the Guru Kha ...gs, some Sikh leaders attanded the convention. The generals of the army of Khalistan, in this convention, confirmed their goal of total freedom from India. -Ref

...rby areas. "There must be close to a thousand Sikh families - about 10,000 people - living in Peshawar and the tribal areas," estimates Sona Singh, head gran ...ect for the Sikhs here." Like most of the Frontier Sikhs, he believes that Khalistan will become a reality some day. When that happens, they say, they will glad

...vents with the clear intent of polarizing society and creating a political movement within public discourse of Hindutva - the Rath Yatras of the 1980's and the ...iaj Kishore said sadhus would adopt a district each and fan out to educate people and counter the activities of Christian missionaries. He saw a major threat

...ver, instead of targeting the common Hindu awash in such ritualism, this movement's individuals spearheaded their efforts towards the Sikhs. By 1983 about 500-1000 people had been murdered throughout the Punjab by armed brigades of young motor cy

...Now known as the turbanator, the photo is often seen and remarked upon by people saying, "Sardar kae baranh waj gaye" (Sardar, is it 12 O'clock). I (the w ...extra power which they used to save Religion, Nation and Humanity. So soon people were saying nobody can fight and win against Sikhs at midnight; this contin

...He Never Demanded for the creation of the Sikh-based theocratic state of [[Khalistan]] but he was not opposed to it either. ...maintained that he had survived the attack and was in seclusion, but many people stated that they had seen his body among the dead martyrs.

...hes at key locations in the state to instill sense of confidence among the people. Security around Patiala central jail where Rajoana is lodged had been beef Special control rooms have been set up in the districts to keep an eye on the movement of protestors.

...d effective Khalsa generals to have taken part in the Khalistan Liberation Movement. The name of “Brahma” used to strike terror into the hearts of Indian S ...Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]] speak and felt the urge to help free the Sikh people from the clutches of the Brahmin government.

...y influenced by Baba Jarnial Singh Bindranwale. Throughout the Dharam Yudh Movement, Bhai Sahib with his whole family would accept imprisonment. ...f by unscrupulous characters. Bhai sahib was completely sympathetic to the Khalistan cause, and felt that the Khalsa needed to fight for its independence. In hi

...Malva region of Punjab, speak the Punjabi dialect known as Malvai, and the people are also called Malvais. The countryside of Malva, is full of ancient Punja ...Ludhiana, Mudki, Ferozshah etc. During the British Rule, in 1857, the Kuka Movement was founded in Ludhiana district, by Baba Ram Singh (1816-1885), who used t

...y the Indian Army attacked the Golden Temple and Akal Takht, foundation of Khalistan would be laid. Unfortunately his warnings have had no effect on the arrogan ...osophy alive the Khalsa Panth took active and spirited part in the freedom movement started by the Indian National Congress and surpassed all communities in gi

...ugh Punjabi language and literature under the influence of the Singh Sabha movement.[7] ...abited by people of different religions speaking the same mother tongue or people of different religions and different mother tongues.[17] The Hindu argument

...ide bomber Dilawar Singh blew himself up, killing Beant Singh and 17 other people. Rajoana had stood by, ready to blow himself up if Dilawar had failed to ki ...in high-security state secretariat. The explosion claimed the lives of 17 people.

...r'' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000), p. 205.</ref> Khalistan is envisaged as a secular state, rejecting theocracy and espousing a libera [[Image:Khalistan.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Khalistan - If Before Partition]]

...nsultant by the [[Chattisgarh]] government to help tackle the [[Naxalite]] movement in the state. ...ilitants and in their killings, Gurdev Singh 'Debu' an area commander of [[Khalistan Commando Force]], was '''boiled alive''' by his police<ref>http://www.panth

...nail Singh Bhindrawale on the centre-stage of Sikh politics. Consequently, people have come to believe that Bhindarwale was propped up by Giani Zail Singh to ...en support to Congress in Parliament and State elections in 1980, his free movement with gun carrying followers in the whole of India, his safe escape from Cha

“If this killing of Sikhs is not stopped then Khalistan will remain a dream. I will stop CM Beant Singh, even if it means I have to ...because since Beant Singh the Chief Minister came into power the Khalistan movement was dying day by day.

...lephone rang. Someone who refused to identify himself told me that several people had been killed during a shooting incident at the Nirankari convention. I r ...Sahib, in front of a congregation of about twenty-five to thirty thousand people. The thirteen martyrs were united on a single funeral pyre, to be cremated

...and early 1990s when Tarn Taran Sahib was suggested as the capital of ''[[Khalistan]]'' (the proposed Sikh independent nation). Farming and the agro-industry ==Gurdwara Reform Movement==

...meeting of the Akali Dal was held where strong opinions were expressed for Khalistan. ...ccupied the shrine as part of their fight for an independent state, called Khalistan. Sikh leaders have demanded an apology for the operation from successive go

...eality is symptomatic of the wide gap between the official version and the people's recollections of what really happened at the Golden Temple when the army ...June 1, suddenly the CRP without provocation started firing, aiming at the people inside the Parikarmas. There was no firing, from inside the Golden Temple.

...y quietly, knowing I would not give him anything. What is the reason these people keep asking (such questions)? There is only one reason, viz., to figure out Khalsa Ji: a lady born to a house of Pundits, having got the votes of the people, became Prime Minister of India. This is Bibi (lady) Indira Gandhi. In 1977

...ribed Sikh religious practices as commitment to violence and initiation of people into Sikh religion as provocative action. They described the Sant's trips t ...is what is written in this letter. We have to guard ourselves against such people. To give a bad name, to place obstructions in the conduct of this ongoing a

...e Amsterdam and Den Haag, one can't miss the presence of these traditional people having their great history. As a moral duty and to keep the history of the ...old ships belonging to several countries were sent to the seaport for the people to see. The Mayor received messages and letters of congratulations from sev

...a:Aquarian Age | Aquarian Age]]." It was, he declared, to be an age where people first experienced God, then believed, rather than the old way of believing ...n once again be experienced by the great tribes and spread through all the people of the world." The land was named "Ram Das Puri" and annual solstice praye

...'' As a turban-wearing American Sikh, I wish to promote who Sikhs are as a people and the issues that they face. And how it is possible to live and thrive as ...nt on the net, it is well worth a visit. Includes stories of how ordinary people from different backgrounds have achieved brilliant things and it will be an

...usts were not pogroms in the sense of the killing of masses of defenseless people. Since the martyrdom of the fifth Sikh Master, [[Guru Arjun]] in 1606, Sik ...abor of Sikh farmers in the bread basket of [[Punjab (India)]] to feed the people of India, and centuries of amity and intermarriage between Sikhs and Hindus

..., [[Wikipedia:Emperor Akbar|Emperor Akbar]] sat with the ordinary and poor people of [[Punjab]] to have Langar. Guru Amar Das also trained 140 apostles of w ...contains the teachings of its own religious founders but also writings of people from other faiths. Besides the [[Bani]]s of the Gurus, it also contains the

...nd, the central issue has been the demand for an independent Sikh state of Khalistan. Among the pioneering Sikh immigrants who came to Canada nearly a century a In the early twentieth century, Sikhs were participants in a global movement of workers to industrial sites in North America. The developing Canadian pa

...in Martyrdom by thousands of others who led the human rights movement of Khalistan across the Panjab. ...s promulgated under the seal of a Takht carry sanction for the entire Sikh people.

...ical polity. Sikhism was greatly weakened by the exodus of a large body of people who had adopted the Sikh form during the period of Sikh ascendancy for worl ...on the Sikhs.3 This was one of the principal causes of the massive exit of people from Sikhism. It was further weakened by imprisonments and deportations.4 T

...rent groups of Kshatriya, the Sainis are the ones who are Rajputs.<ref>"'' People of India: Haryana, pp 430 , Kumar Suresh Singh, Madan Lal Sharma, A. K. Bha ...lower of Shiv and Vedic God in Sindh. Some inscriptions and coins of these people have been found in 'Mohenjo Daro'. ' Shiv Shani Sevi' words have been found

...A Guru does not live in an ivory tower. He mixes freely with all sorts of people. ...may come in conflict with hostile social forces, vested interests and evil people out to oppose him, but must deal with them gently and bear ill-will to no o