The Indian authorities has usually reacted sharply to calls for by Sikh separatists in Western international locations for Khalistan, or a separate Sikh homeland. The Khalistan motion peaked in India within the Eighties with a violent insurgency centred in Sikh-majority Punjab state. It was quelled by drive and has little resonance in India now, however remains to be in style amongst some within the Sikh diaspora in international locations akin to Canada, Australia and the UK.
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