The origins of the modern Khalistan movement trace back to around the time of India’s independence from Britain in 1947, when some Sikhs demanded that a nation be carved in the state of Punjab ...

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The Khalistan movement. Sikhism was founded in the 15th century in Punjab, and in 1699 an influential leader of the faith at the time, Guru Gobind Singh, espoused the idea of Sikh rule.

Members of the Khalistan movement, a separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs called Khalistan, hold a protest rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on June 10, 2023.

The Khalistan movement has seen some support in diaspora Sikh communities, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.

Operation Blue Star, as it was called, proved momentous for the Khalistan movement. By some estimates more than 3,500 people were killed, including hundreds of government troops, pilgrims and ...

The Harvard International Review removed an article criticizing the Sikh separatist Khalistan movement on Feb. 22 after the piece drew a wave of backlash from Sikh readers, including a complaint ...

Satinder Pal Singh Raju, a activist in the Khalistan movement that aims to create an independent Sikh state out of India's Punjab region, survived a drive-by shooting on a rural stretch of I-505 ...

Dozens of newly-released court documents shed light on an alleged plot to kill a Canadian active in the Khalistan movement.

The row centers around the Sikh independence, or Khalistan, movement. India has repeatedly accused Canada of supporting the movement, which is banned in India but has support among the Sikh diaspora.

From Khalistan to tourism dollars: Pakistan’s love-hate ties with its Sikhs. How the separatist Khalistan movement paved the way for the preservation of Sikh gurdwaras in Pakistan.