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 ...

The Khalistan movement, which took off in the 1980s, seeks to create an independent Sikh state within India. Newsletters Amazon Prime Day Share a News Tip. Featured. Featured. Breaking News.

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

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.

Canada has accused India of involvement in the killing of a separatist Sikh leader on its soil -- a charge denied by New Delhi as "absurd".Hardeep Singh ...

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.

Should Trump return to power, the Khalistan movement may find itself in troubled waters as Trump's 'America First' doctrine, his close ties with Modi, and his fraught relationship with Trudeau ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Khalistan movement is outlawed in India and considered a grave national security threat by the government – a number of groups associated with the movement are listed as “terrorist ...