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This is a page that depicts Khalistani militants and paramilitary outfits.

Etymology

Many Sikhs are shocked to learn that "KHALSA" (means purity) is borrowed from the Arabic/Islamic concept, "Khaalis" - pure.. as in Quran "Surah Ikhlas." There is a lot of commonality.

Khalistani militant and paramilitary outfits

Name Founder + year Actions
Babbar Khalsa[1] Talwinder Singh Parmar, Sukhdev Singh Babbar (1979) See: List of actions by Babbar Khalsa
Khalistan Zindabad Force[1] Ranjit Singh Neeta Bomb blasts on trains and buses in Jammu, killing of DSP Devinder Sharma.
Khalistan Commando Force[1] General Labh Singh, (1984) Assassination of Rtd Chief General of Indian army and an architect of Operation Blue Star Arun Vaidya, assassinations of leading culprits of 1984 Anti-Sikh riots Congress(I) Member of Parliament Lalit Maken, Arjan Dass and several other high-profile battles with Indian security forces.
Bhindranwala Tigers Force of Khalistan[1] Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochal, (1984) Major encounter at Rataul village.
Khalistan Armed Force aka Dashmesh Regiment Seetal Singh Matewal, (1990) Major encounter at Bolowali village.
Khalistan Liberation Force[1] Avtar Singh Brahma, (1987)
International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)[1] based in the United Kingdom

Babbar Khalsa is listed as a terrorist organisation by the United Kingdom,[2] the EU,[3] Canada,[4] India, and the United States.

Others with less details

  1. All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF)
  2. Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA)
  3. Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF)
  4. Dashmesh Regiment
  5. Khalistan Liberation Organisation (KLO)[1]
  6. Khalistan National Army (KNA)
  7. Shaheed Khalsa Force
  8. Khalistan Guerilla Force
  9. Khalistan Security Force

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Fair 2005, p. 128.
  2. ^ Home Office - Proscribed terrorist groups in the UK Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ EU list of terrorist groups
  4. ^ Canadian listing of terrorist groups Archived 2006-11-19 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

  • Fair, C. Christine (2005), "Diaspora Involvement in Insurgencies: Insights from the Khalistan and Tamil Eelam Movements", Nationalism and Ethnic Politics: 125–156, doi:10.1080/13537110590927845
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