Khalistan At About.com

[Harmeet Singh]

http://goasia.about.com/od/india/a/khalistan.htm

Quite a accurate assesment on Khalistan from what it seems like a very few of informed Media Sites; About.com

Have another look at Sikh Controversies at

http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/sikh...debate_hind.htm

A Sikh State in the Punjab's Future?

The idea of an independent Sikh state -- Khalistan, to its current proponents -- is not new. The last Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh (1666-1708 AD), effectively started a Sikh state in 1699 when he created the Khalsa Panth - the Sikh Commonwealth - which Sikhs entered through a religious ceremony known as the Amrit.

The Sikh state managed to resist Mughal domination, but became part of the British Empire in the mid-1840's. They were incorporated into India when the sub-continent was divided into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan by the British at independence. In 1966 India created Punjab State as a concession to Sikhs.

Beginning in 1982, Sikhs activists began a series of civil disobedience campaigns during which time perhaps over 100,000 Sikhs were imprisoned. These campaigns embarrassed the Indian government (led at the time by Indira Ghandi) and stressed India's prison system...............

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