Khalistani groups
This is a page that depicts Khalistani militants and paramilitary outfits.
Name | Founder + year | Actions |
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Babbar Khalsa[1] | Talwinder Singh Parmar, Sukhdev Singh Babbar (1979) | See: List of actions by Babbar Khalsa |
Khalistan Zindabad Force[1] | Ranjit Singh Neeta | Bomb blasts on trains and busses in Jammu, killing of DSP Devinder Sharma. |
Khalistan Commando Force[1] | General Labh Singh, (1984) | Assassination of Rtd Chief General of Indian army and an architect of Operation Blue Star Arun Vaidya, assassinations of leading culprits of 1984 Anti-Sikh riots Congress(I) Member of Parliament Lalit Maken, Arjan Dass and several other high-profile battles with Indian security forces. |
Bhindranwala Tigers Force of Khalistan[1] | Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochal, (1984) | Major encounter at Rataul village. |
Khalistan Armed Force aka Dashmesh Regiment | Seetal Singh Matewal, (1990) | Major encounter at Bolowali village. |
Khalistan Liberation Force[1] | Avtar Singh Brahma, (1987) | |
International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)[1] | based in the United Kingdom | |
Babbar Khalsa is listed as a terrorist organisation by the United Kingdom,[2] the EU,[3] Canada,[4] India, and the United States.
Others with less details
- All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF)
- Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA)
- Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF)
- Dashmesh Regiment
- Khalistan Liberation Organisation (KLO)[1]
- Khalistan National Army (KNA)
- Kamagata Maru Dal of Khalistan
- Shaheed Khalsa Force
- Khalistan Guerilla Force
- Khalistan Security Force
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fair 2005, p. 128.
- ↑ Home Office - Proscribed terrorist groups in the UK Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ EU list of terrorist groups
- ↑ Canadian listing of terrorist groups Archived 2006-11-19 at the Wayback Machine.
Bibliography
- Fair, C. Christine (2005), "Diaspora Involvement in Insurgencies: Insights from the Khalistan and Tamil Eelam Movements", Nationalism and Ethnic Politics: 125–156, doi:10.1080/13537110590927845, (Subscription required (help))
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