About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Archaeological sites in Punjab (India), Forts in Punjab (India), Governors of Punjab, Khalistan movement, Maharajas of Kapurthala, Maharajas of Nabha, Maharajas of Patiala, Punjab insurgency, Rupnagar, Operation Blue Star, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Anandpur Resolution, Dal Khalsa, Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Harcharan Singh Longowal, Michael O'Dwyer, Zail Singh, Julio Francis Ribeiro, Yadavindra Singh, Jagatjit Singh, Jagat Narain, Reduced to Ashes, Jaswant Singh Khalra, Tara Singh Hayer, Arun Shridhar Vaidya, Hira Singh of Nabha, Operation Black Thunder, List of Governors of Punjab, Shatrujit Singh, Sita Devi of Kapurthala, Ripudaman Singh, Patiala and East Punjab States Union, Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey, Qila Mubarak, Pratap Singh of Nabha, Dal Khalsa UK, Punjab Province, Ladhowal train fire, Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Charles James Lyall, Sarai Banjara train disaster, History of Sirhind, Donald Friell McLeod, Maharaja of Patiala, Robert Montgomery, A. S. Atwal, Denzil Ibbetson, 1991 Punjab killings, Khalsa Raj Party, Thomas Gordon Walker, Khanna rail disaster, Keshgarh Qila, Evan Meredith Jenkins, William Mackworth Young, Payal Fort, 1987 Punjab killings, Punjabi Suba, Punjab accord. Excerpt: Khalistan refers to a global political movement to create a separate Sikh state, called Kh list n (Punjabi: , "The Land of the Pure"), consisting of the Punjab region from parts of India and Pakistan, depending on definition. Harking back to the 18th century Sikh Empire, the envisioned Sikh state would include all Punjabi-speaking areas in Greater Punjab. The movement reached its zenith in 1970s and 1980s. Nowadays, it is widely seen as a smaller scale movement. There are claims of funding from other nations to attract young people into militant groups, who are looking to get an independent Sik...
