What is Khalistan, the independent home some Sikhs yearn for?

.WHEN INDIA gained self-reliance from Britain in 1947, few outside the country felt that a union of such unique states could possibly secure all together. India has actually made it through– however certainly not without hazards to its own uniformity. One of one of the most long-lasting has been actually the Khalistan activity, which looks for towards create an individual birthplace for Sikhs.

On September 18th Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, declared that Indian federal government representatives were behind the killing, in June, of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh forerunner that handled independence for Khalistan. India’s authorities, which refutes any kind of involvement, has accused Canada of harbouring “revolutionaries and separatists”. Just how serious is actually the Khalistan movement?