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In a public statement made on 4 April 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru said, "redistribution of provincial boundaries was essential and inevitable. I stand for semi-autonomous units as well.... I should like them [the Sikhs] to have a semi-autonomous unit within the province so that they may experience the glow of freedom."
Redistribution of provincial boundaries is essential and inevitable... because we [want] provinces which are autonomous units, culturally and linguistically, as far as possible. [We want] such cultural and linguistic units to grow... with a sense of freedom, and without a sense of compulsion....
Having urged the Sikhs to take their due share in arms of the defence Mr. Savarkar assured the Sikhs that "when the Muslims woke from their day-dreams of Pakistan, they would see established instead a Sikhistan in the Punjab." Mr. Savarkar not only talked of Hindudom, Hindu Nation and Hindu Raj, but he wanted to depend upon the Sikhs in the Punjab to establish a Sikhistan.
The forerunner to the Khalistan movement the Punjabi Suba movement of the 1960s also stressed the right of control over territory and water.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)The forerunner to the Khalistan movement the Punjabi Suba movement of the 1960s also stressed the right of control over territory and water.
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