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Why Sikhs should get Khalistan?

Based on an article by the Khalistan Council, Brussels, Belgium

Before 1947

The Sikhs have protected Hindus for centuries. In return, we were betrayed each time. The 9th Guru of the Sikhs, Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji saved the Hindus. Aurengzeb was an orthodox Muslim who dreamed of purging Hindustan of all ‘infidels’ and converting it into a land of Islam. He gave Hindus the choice of either convert to Islam or face an execution. He forcibly killed hundred thousands of Hindus. Finally 500 Pandits approached Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji for help.

Guru Ji, for on behalf of his troubled neighbors, asked if they would give up their religion if the Emperor could succeed in converting him. They agreed trusting the great man to whom they had come. The word or challenge was soon sent to Aurangzeb that if he could succeed in getting Guru Tegh Bahadur to convert to Islam, then the highly respected Pandits of Kashmir (revered across India by other Hindus the Pandits of Kashmir were the first pawns in Aurangzeb's gambit or 'game of Chaturanga' — if he could convert them, so his thinking went, then all the Hindus of India would follow suit and willingly convert.

They put their lives and their Sanatan Dharma in the Guru's hands risking all on this Guru the Ninth Nanak who like all the Nanaks before him had long questioned many of the ceremonies, rituals and beliefs that these Brahmins held sacred in their heart of hearts. Never had a man of peace, unarmed and without an army dared challenge the mighty Mughal Emperor in his own court in the Emperors Kila the Mighty Red Fort of Delhi.

Hearing of this Aurangzeb, we can only guess the fury that this open challenge to his authority must have kindled in the Emperor's mind, summoned Guru Tegh Bahadur to Delhi ordering his immediate arrest. Guru Ji and four companions soon set out fo Delhi, it wasn't long before the five were arrested and brought before the Emperor in Chains. After Guru Ji refused to convert to Islam or perform a miracle (against Sikh religion), Guru Tegh Bahadur was subjected to many cruelties; he was kept in an iron cage and starved for many days. The Guru was made to watch as Bhai Mati Das the devoted Sikh was tied between two pillars and his body split in two by being sawn alive. Bhai Dyala was boiled alive in a cauldron of boiling water and Bhai Sati Das was wrapped in cotton wool and set on fire. They bore these cruelties without flinching while their Guru watched them die, he too was to bear his own torture without flinching or showing any anger or distress. Finally on November 11, 1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur, with prayers on his lips, was publicly beheaded by the Mughal executioner.

And so the Ninth Guru of the Sikhs sacrificed his life in an effort to end the Mughals attempt to end Sanatan Dharma. The Sikhs had avoided much of the Mughal terror visited on the Hindus as they did not have Idols in their houses of worship and like the Mughals they belived in one Creator God. For this great sacrifice of his life the Guru, even today, is known as the Hind ki Chaddar (The Shield/Protecter of India.)

The Guru, of course, did this expecting nothing in return, while pondering what to do to help the Pandits (the Pandits had procrastinated, waiting until the time given them to return an answer to the Mughal Govenor of Kashmir, on their acceptance of Islam, was almost up) the Gurus young son Gobind Rai had suggested to his father that non could be more appropriate than his father to face down the 'Emperor of The Universe' and most likely lose his live. (Aurangzeb has bested his Father Shah Jahan (the Emperor of the world ) by taking the Imperial title Alamgir I (Emperpr of the World).

The suffering of the Sikhs was to get much worse Soon Farikh Siyaar and Muslims of Afgan were to even place bounties on Sikh heads. Untold thousands were to die. There were even great mass killings called Great and Small Halocaust.

Forced to take shelter in distant forests and deserts the Sikhs long hunted themselves would lead daring midnight raids freeing thousands of their Hindu Countrymen, the ancestors of many Indians today, from the likes of the Persian Shah and the Afgani Durranis who had taken them to sell as slave back across the 'Hindu Kush'.

Did these brave men do this expecting a reward?

In their Daily prayers Sikhs ask for the well being of their fellow men (Sarbat de Pallah).

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And what we got back, Gangu Dhar Kaul, the Brahmin cook of Gurus, betrayed Mata Gujri (wife of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji) and her 2 little grand-children, and got them imprisoned.

The reason for the fall of the Sikh Kingdom, were the Hindu Dogras, who betrayed the Sikh Kingdom.

The first wars of freedom for Hindustan was fought by Sikhs the Anglo-Sikh wars. Two years before the so-called Armed Uprising of 1857, The Sepoi Mutany which was not really a fight for freedom, but rather an unorganized series of attacks, often of savagery-often returned with even more savagery, by groups hoping a return to Hindu, Mughal or Afan rule and principalities pre the coming of the British. Loyal Sikh soldiers of the British Army were instrumental in breaking the Mutiny.

During the Indian Independence Struggle; Out of 2,175 Martyrs 1,557, (75 percent), were Sikhs, out of 2,646 Indians sent to Andamans for life imprisonment 2,147,(80 percent), were Sikhs, out of 127 Indians who were hanged 92, (80 percent), were Sikhs, out of 20,000 who joined the INA under Bose 12000, (60 percent), were Sikhs, 500 Babbar Akali Lehar martyrs were all Sikhs. ‘’’Have Sikhs been rewarded for their selfless service to India , Sikhs have been made slaves.’’’

After Partition

Despite all of this, we didn’t get even a separate State after Independence. When asked we were suppressed by Police. The police attacked Darbar Sahib, Amritsar in 1955 and Poanta Sahib in 1963. In 1955, there was no Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Bhindranwale in Darbar Sahib, yet why was fire opened and 1 person killed? In 1963, police opened fire at Poanta Sahib and killed 13 Nihang Sikhs randomly. These are just some examples. After a long struggle, we got a state (in 1966), which was further divided into 3 parts – Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, which was based on language spoken. Altough almost all Hindus in Haryana and Himachal spoke Punjabi, they gave their mother tongue as Hindi, which resulted in the partition of the already partitioned Punjab. In 1978, the Nirankari leader Gurbachan Sinh made insulting remarks against Sri Guru Granth Sahib and insulted the Sikhs. A few Sikhs came to know that Gurbachan was coming over to Amritsar. They peacefully were protesting when the Nirankaris attacked them. 13 innocents Sikhs were killed. All 65 persons charged, including Gurbachan were acquitted the same day. In the 80s and aftermath

In the early 80s, a charismatic Sikh leader arose, Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Bhindranwale. He was a preacher who preached about Sikhism in rural villages. He openly spoke about the atrocities committed by Indian Govt. on the Sikhs. This didn’t sit down well with Indira Gandhi. She wanted to completely destroy Sikhism. She ordered to invade the Golden Temple at Amritsar. If Operation Blue star was conducted to flush out the so-called “terrorists” in Amritsar, then why where 38 other Gurudwaras attacked all-over Punjab? In retaliation, two Sikh bodyguards of Indira Gandhi killed her. What followed was the murder of thousands of Sikhs in India. In Delhi alone 20,000 Sikhs were burned alive, raped, killed. Already 24 years have passed and not a single Congress leader who was responsible for all this is punished. Other anti-Sikh riots were in cities like Kanpur, Bokaro etc. And in what followed in Punjab was worse; CRPF and BSF were deployed. They randomnly abducted and killed 250,000 Sikhs. The last example is when President Clinton visited India in 2000, Hindu militants killed 38 Sikhs in Chattisinghpura and blamed the Hindu militants. MASR report quotes the Punjab Civil Magistracy as writing “if we add up the figures of the last few years the number of innocent persons killed would run into lakhs [hundreds of thousands.]” Many reports indicate that since 1947, more than a million Sikhs have been killed. MASR also reports that there are 52,268 Sikh Political Prisoners in India, some of them in jail since 1984.

The only way to prevent that our Identity, Religion, Culture and Language remain save are an Independent Country! Khalistan Zindabad!