Abstract
This study attempts to understand the struggle of the Sikhs of the Punjab, during
the colonial period (1930-1947), for their separate home-land- Khalistan, which
to date have been an unfinished agenda. They still feel they have missed the train
by joining hands with the Congress Party. There is strong feeling sometime it
comes out in shape of upsurge of freedom of moments in the East Punjab.
Therefore it is important to understand what was common understanding of the
Sikh about the freedom struggle and how they reacted to national movements and
why they filed to achieve a separate homeland-Khalistan. The problem is that the
Sikh demands have so been ignored by the British government of India and His
Majesty’s Government in England. These demands were also were not given
proper attention by the Government of Punjab, Muslim leadership and Congress.
Although the Sikhs had a voice in the politics and economic spheres their
numerical distribution in the Punjab meant that they were concerted in any
particular areas. Therefore they remained a minority and could only achieve a
small voting strength under separate electorates
Samina Iqbal, Rukhsana Yasmeen, Kalsoom Hanif, Ghulam Shabir. (2018) Mapping the ‘Khalistan’ Movement, 1930-1947: An overview, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 55, Issue 1.
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