KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
04-Dec-1989
Released from jail, H.S. Sandhu declares that he will continue to fight for the creation of Khalistan, demands withdrawal of CRPF, and criticizes Indian Constitution saying it did not guarantee security for Sikhs.
04-Dec-1989
PS Badal visits Golden Temple complex and demands general amnesty for those lodged in jails, immediate recall of Punjab Governor of Punjab and a high-level enquiry into fake encounters.
03-Dec-1989
SS Mann, in Amritsar says he will follow constitutional means to get his demands accepted.
02-Dec-1989
PS Badal and GS Tohra released from detention.
30-Nov-1989
AISSF office secretary Avtar Singh Boparai says Manjit Singh had directed newly elected UAD (M) and three independent MPs supported by the party and AISSF not to take oath until the government – 1) Apologises for Operation Bluestar and the desecration of the Akal Takht. 2) Promises to Punish culprits of November 1984 riots. 3) Releases all army personnel lodged in Jails. 4) Removes Governor and DGP Punjab & register cases against them including Riberio for killing of Sikh Youth 4) Withdraws CRPF from Punjab.
30-Nov-1989
SS Mann released from detention.
26-Nov-1989
Lok Sabha elections declared, SAD (M) wins 6 seats.
25-Nov-1989
AISSF convener Daljit Singh appeals to Sikhs to boycott elections, and criticizes those who had boycotted 1985 elections but were contesting now under the same Indian Constitution.
23-Nov-1989
Two home guards shot dead and an independent candidate for Lok Sabha Seat injured as two scooter borne assailants fire at his residence in Sirhind.
23-Nov-1989
Two newspaper sellers shot dead by Khalistani terrorists in Sevian Cannel bridge in Faridkot.
09-Nov-1989
A group of 5 to 6 Khalistani terrorists fired indiscriminately with their AK-47 and killed 19 college students from different states who came to take part in youth festival, while they were sleeping in the hostel at Thapar Engineering College in Patiala in Punjab.
27-Oct-1989
A strike called by AISSF (M) to protest against award of death sentence to General A.S. Vaidya’s killers observed in various colleges in the State.
22-Oct-1989
In a Sikh intellectual’s council meeting, Justice Gurdev Singh Sher Singh Sher, Amar Singh Ambalvi, Colonel Partap Singh and Karnail Singh (Ex-Dy Director Animal Husbandry, Punjab) demand an autonomous region for Sikhs.
05-Oct-1989
Five members of a family shot dead by Khalistani terrorists in Kandhwala in Fazilka District.
20-Sep-1989
The delegate session of AISSF at Gurudwara Ramsar Amritsar resolves to continue its struggle till the fulfilment of the goal fixed by Bhindranwale and Bhai Amrik Singh. It also decides to set up a committee to create a joint front with all the Khalistani militant organisations in and outside India.
13-Sep-1989
Rajan Bains, the son of IPS officer Gobind Ram, shot dead and his companion seriously injured by two unidentified scooter-borne assailants near Burton Park, Jalandhar.
12-Sep-1989
Three suspected Khalistani terrorists loot Rs. 1,02,397 from UCOO Bank at Barotiwala in Himachal Pradesh.
09-Sep-1989
A conference of AISSF (Manjit) at Bathinda endorses resolution adopted in Sarbat Khalsa on September 20, 1986 and hails the recognition of J.S Rode and other high priests as real Jathedars by Baba Thakur Singh.
07-Sep-1989
Chairman PHRO Ajit Singh Bains calls for gherao of Punjab Raj Bhawan on September 30, to protest against police excesses.
01-Sep-1989
Around 2500 Akali workers under the leadership of Prof. Darshan Singh stage a dharna in front of Batala Police Stations in protest against the police torture of two women.
01-Sep-1989
Bhai Manjit Singh demands Puran Azadi for Sikhs, and says he doesn’t believe in Indian Constitution as it was anti-Sikh.
27-Aug-1989
Khalistani terrorists kill at least 10 passengers and injure 12 others of a Ganga Nagar Bathinda train at Gabarwala Railway Station under the Abohar police station in Punjab.
18-Aug-1989
Ten persons were killed and 29 others injured as a bomb exploded in a PRTC bus at Chintpurni Bus Stand in Himachal Pradesh.
17-Aug-1989
Bhai Manjit Singh disowns the Constitution and opposes the separation of religion from politics. He also pledges to continue the struggle launched by Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
06-Aug-1989
SAD (T) working committee decides to apply for registration with Election Commission after amending 1978 version of party constitution.