The “KHALISTAN” declaration made by popular will as expressed in March, 1981, at the annual festival of Hola-Mahala held at Kes-Garh Sahib, Anand Pur- the birth place of all Singh or the Khalsa- is new public manifestation of the political resolution and ambition of the Sikh nation in India. 2.3. In June, 1980, Khalistan Government was proclaimed at the holy premises of the Golden Temple, Amritsar.3.
Finally, the vast exodus of Sikh youth to foreign lands in the eighties is enlightening on the subject that Sikhs are thoroughly frustrated in the present political, cultural and economic set up in which they find themselves in India.
The poignant partisan role of the Indira Government in the recent Sikh Temple (Gurdwara) Elections held in Delhi that made it possible for the faction supporting the Indira Congress Party to gain control of the Sikh temples is just another instance of Government interference in Sikh domestic affairs in the country.
That the Sikhs are a nation cannot be paralleled by purely religious orders such as Budhists, Jains, and other sects of India. The history of Sikhs is not made by religion alone. They are a nation by the scientific tests of expert sociologists and historians.
Moves are afoot naturally for the United Nations organization to take cognizance (5) of Sikhs. That body has set precedents in endorsing the Palestine state. An observer status was granted to the P.L.O. (4).
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- The Tribune, English newspaper, Chandigarh, 21 March, 1981.
- The Blitz, Bombay, 1st. June, 1980, “Sikh Republic of Khalistan.
- The Indian Express, 16June, 1980, “Khalistan government set up”, Amritsar, and see, The Punjab Times, 24 June, 1980, page 7.
- The United Nations, NY., (reported by UPI), 23 November, 1974,
- The Overseas Times, NY., 1981, p. 10.
India Abroad, New York, Weekly, 1st May, 1981, page 1 (with map of Khalistan) see Appendix.
