.WHEN INDIA gained self-reliance from Britain in 1947, handful of outside the country strongly believed that a union of such unique states could possibly keep together. India has survived– yet not without dangers to its own uniformity. Among the best enduring has been actually the Khalistan movement, which looks for to set up an independent homeland for Sikhs.
On September 18th Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, affirmed that Indian federal government agents were behind the killing, in June, of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh forerunner who handled independence for Khalistan. India’s authorities, which denies any engagement, has actually charged Canada of harbouring “terrorists and separationists”. Exactly how significant is the Khalistan activity?