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News Articles: Khalistan

A group of Sikh protesters at a get out the vote rally for the Khalistan Referendum on March 16th in Sacramento, California.

Sikhs in California vote on independence from India

Sikhs in California will vote in a referendum to push for their own independent state in India

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  • Sandhya Dirks
People hold flags during a Sikh rally outside the Indian Consulate in Toronto to raise awareness in the wake of the Canadian prime minister's comments alleging Indian government agents were potentially involved in the June killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, on Monday.

Why India's warnings about Sikh separatism don't get much traction in the West

The current India-Canada crisis has exposed a sharp disconnect between India and the West on the issue of Sikh separatism. Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center's South Asia Institute explains why.

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  • Michael Kugelman
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks past India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat (Mahatma Gandhi's cremation site) during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023.

India expels senior Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat row over Sikh activist's killing

India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat a day after Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat over allegations that India may have had links to the assassination of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil.

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  • The Associated Press