Sikh movement

What to know about the Sikh movement at the center of the tensions between India and Canada

What to know about the Sikh movement at the center of the tensions between India and Canada

  • India’s Sikh independence movement in 1970s and 1980s was suppressed by government crackdown in which thousands of people were killed
  • In 1984, Indian forces stormed Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out separatists who had taken refuge there, killing around 400 people
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