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The assumption that Bhindranwale was insisting on Khalistan and rigidly denied any compromise is the biggest lie.
Bhindranwale was a militant Sikh
Bhindranwale was a militant religious leader and the leader of the Khalistani Movement
Within a few years Bhindranwale developed his own power base quite apart from the Congress ( I ) and began to emerge as the key figure in the Sikh separatist movement that was demanding a new independent state for Sikhs in the Punjab, an independent state to be known as "Khalistan" (the "Land of the Khalsa" or the "Land of the Pure"). He and his followers took control of the Sikh Golden Temple and the Akal Takht (the "Eternal Tower"), the central shrine and symbol of the Sikh faith, in Amritsar early in 1984, stockpiling huge caches of weapons and apparently preparing for armed insurrection.
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the key figure in the Khalistan movement
By 1981, he had become the leading figure of an aggressive movement for a Sikh state.
Not surprisingly, these rampant attacks on Hindus, orchestrated by Bhindranwale from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines, led to a Hindu backlash across northern India
Bhindranwale attracted a coterie of terrorists who robbed banks and killed hundreds of Hindus and those dubbed Sikh apostates. [...] However, when the terrorists began random killings of Hindus, hoping to precipitate mass flight, thereby creating a de facto Khalistan, Bhindranwale could no longer count on behind the scenes government support and moved to the sanctuary of the Golden Temple.
Not surprisingly, these rampant attacks on Hindus, orchestrated by Bhindranwale from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines, led to a Hindu backlash
Bhindranwale used terrorism to frighten and intimidate Hindus
the fulcrum of politics shifted increasingly to the revivalist, extremist, and terrorist movement symbolized by Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
Bhindranwale emerged as a high profile leader of the Sikh militancy in the 1980s and cultivated many allies in the quest for Khalistan
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) ExcerptFOR most Indians, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was a terrorist. But to Sikhs he was a powerful leader who led a violent campaign for an independent state called Khalistan
Bhindranwale was a militant leader and leading figure of the Khalistan movement who was killed in Operation Blue Star in 1984.
"He never demanded Khalistan.... All that Bhindranwale wanted was the implementation of the Anandpur Sahib resolution of 1973. Operation Bluestar and Bhindranwale's death was the main reason that the demand for Khalistan found currency, even among the hardliners," added Harjit.
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Mr. Bhindranwale himself said many times that he was not seeking an independent country for Sikhs, merely greater autonomy for Punjab within the Indian Union.
{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)Bhindranwale never raised the demand for Khalistan or went beyond the Akali Anandpur Sahib Resolution, while he himself was prepared for negotiations to the very end.
"He never demanded Khalistan.... All that Bhindranwale wanted was the implementation of the Anandpur Sahib resolution of 1973. Operation Bluestar and Bhindranwale's death was the main reason that the demand for Khalistan found currency, even among the hardliners," added Harjit.
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