The diplomatic relationship between Canada and India exploded this week when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India’s government of being involved in the June killing of B.C.’s Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh man who supported the push for an independent Sikh homeland called Khalistan.
CBC NewsSupporters of the Khalistan movement, a push for an independent Sikh homeland in northern India, protest outside the Consulate General of India in Vancouver on Sept. 8.that India had been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen at a Sikh temple in British Columbia in June.
"It wasn't until the British came that his empire crumbled," said Satwinder Bains, director of South Asian Studies at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, B.C. "I think Punjabis and Sikhs thought that they did get the short end of the stick because soon after that, as India developed as a nation state, there was a big stress on Punjab to feed the rest of India because it was still a burgeoning population and very little food," said Bains.
According to Grewal, Bhindranwale did not explicitly ask for a separate state, but was seen to support the movement. Bhindranwale's presence at the Golden Temple and the assassinations in May factored into the Indian government's next move, Purewal said.That June, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ordered the military into the temple in an attack known as Operation Blue Star. Thousands of people were killed, including innocent Sikhs.
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