Khalistani groups

This is a page that depicts Khalistani militants and paramilitary outfits.

Khalistani militant and paramilitary outfits
Name Founder + year Actions
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 buses 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
  1. All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF)
  2. Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA)
  3. Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF)
  4. Dashmesh Regiment
  5. Khalistan Liberation Organisation (KLO)[1]
  6. Khalistan National Army (KNA)
  7. Kamagata Maru Dal of Khalistan
  8. Shaheed Khalsa Force
  9. Khalistan Guerilla Force
  10. Khalistan Security Force

See also

References
  1. Fair 2005, p. 128.
  2. Home Office - Proscribed terrorist groups in the UK Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. EU list of terrorist groups
  4. 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
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