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==Geography== |
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According to the Khalistan web-site: |
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<blockquote>The geographical boundaries of Khalistan will include current East Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pardesh, part of Rajasthan and small part of Uttar Pardesh. River Ravi on the west and river Jamuna on the east will be some of the boundary lines between Khalistan & Pakistan, Khalistan & India respectively. In the north, part of Himalayan range and in south, part of Thar Desert will make the geographical boundaries of Khalistan. <ref>http://www.khalistan.net</ref></blockquote> |
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This would still end up making the proposed region a [[Hindu]] majority by default.<ref>A Demographic Case Study of Forced Migration:The 1947 Partition of India Authors: Hill K, Seltzer W, Leaning J , Malik SJ, Russell SS4, Makinson C, http://paa2004.princeton.edu/download.asp?submissionId=41274</ref> Paramjit Singh Ajrawat states that Khalistan will be a [[theocratic]] state with a non-[[secular]] based fundamentalist constitution. |
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Revision as of 14:46, 10 November 2008
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Republic of Khalistan | |
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 Flag | |
| Anthem: Deg Teg Fateh[citation needed] | |
| Capital | Amritsar[citation needed] |
| Largest city | Ludhiana[citation needed] |
| Official languages | Punjabi[citation needed] and English[citation needed] |
| Government | Theocracy |
• Supreme Ruler | Guru Granth Sahib |
• Commander-in-Chief | Interim Committee of five Jathedars of five Takhts and Chief of Damdami Taksal[citation needed] |
Khālistān ([] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: no text (help)), official title Republic of Khalistan, was the name given by Jagjit Singh Chauhan, to a proposed nation-state based on theocratic principles.[1]. The separatist movement for Khalistan rose to its peak in 1980s in India. Khalistan had strong support from the Sikh community in North America and the UK. This culminated in the bombing by Sikh extremists of Air India Flight 182, in which 329 people were killed.[2]. The Khalistan movement is now widely seen as a smaller scale separatist movement by Sikh youth in Canada, the US and the UK. Khalistani terrorist groups are monitored by European and American Governments. [3]
Political lobbyists in the USA once included politicians Dan Burton[4], Jesse Helms[5], and Edolphus Towns[6]. Other lobbyists include Lord Avebury (Eric Lubbock) [7], and Lord Nazir Ahmed[8] from the UK, and the late General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the late 8th Chief of Staff of Pakistan Army and former President of Pakistan and late Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi, a Pakistani politician. The ISI ran Operation K2 in the 90's to create both Kashmir and the remainder of Punjab with the hope of accession of both states to The Islamic State of Pakistan[9]
References
- ^ Website of Paramjit Singh Ajrawat
- ^ http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:NCQL2LxTSTYJ:www.sikhtimes.com/news_031705a.html+Khalistan+Alive+In+Sikh-Canadian+Hearts+and+Minds&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us Khalistan Alive In Sikh-Canadian Hearts and Minds,The Globe and Mail, Mississauga, Ontario, Mar. 17, 2005, By ROBERT MATAS
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/file_on_4/7263211.stm Sikh separatists 'funded from UK', BBC
- ^ http://www.khalistan.com/PressReleases/PR051204_DrAulakhTestifies.htm Dr. Aulakh, Others Expose Indian Human Rights Violations at Congressional Hearing
- ^ Studying the Sikhs: Issues for North America By John Stratton Hawley, Gurinder Singh Mann, Published 1993 SUNY Press
- ^ http://bulk.resource.org/gpo.gov/record/1998/1998_E02197.pdf DR. AULAKH OF COUNCIL OF KHALISTAN NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Thursday, October 15, 1998
- ^ (8) IHRO Watch- August 1991
- ^ http://www.panthic.org/news/121/ARTICLE/1619/2005-07-31.html Self Determination: The Only Basis for Human Rights in South Asia Sunday 31st of July 2005
- ^ Kashmir Herald - Khalistan Redux