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What is actually Khalistan, the independent birthplace some Sikhs desire?

.WHEN INDIA obtained freedom coming from Britain in 1947, few outside the country strongly believed that a union of such unique states could hold together. India has actually endured-- however certainly not without risks to its own unity. One of the most long-lasting has actually been the Khalistan movement, which seeks towards create an individual birthplace for Sikhs. On September 18th Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, declared that Indian authorities representatives were behind the getting rid of, in June, of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh leader who supported freedom for Khalistan. India's authorities, which denies any sort of involvement, has actually implicated Canada of harbouring "revolutionaries and also separatists". Exactly how major is actually the Khalistan motion?