KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
India 01-Sep-1991
Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and four other militant organizations suggested the rejection of the Indian Constitution and emphasized the need for unity to achieve Khalistan.
India 01-Sep-1991
The conclave at Anandpur Sahib decided to boycott elections in Punjab until the stoppage of state repression and withdrawal of black laws. It strongly condemned the atrocities committed against Sikhs outside of Punjab, particularly in the Terai areas of Uttar Pradesh. Additionally, the conclave called for a bandh on September 7 to protest against the killing of KCF leader Rajasthani.
India 07-Sep-1991
Seven family members of Station House Officer (SHO) Dhariwal were shot dead in Majitha, Amritsar district.
India 11-Sep-1991
A 31-member Anti-Repression Action Committee, with Baldev Singh Sibia as President, was formed.
India 11-Sep-1991
Seven family members of H.C. Bahal Singh were shot dead in Ghurkwind village, Tarn Taran.
India 12-Sep-1991
A bill for the cancellation of election in Punjab was introduced in the Lok Sabha.
India 13-Sep-1991
The Mai Bhago Regiment, with Bibi Toofan Kaur as Chief General and Bibi Gargaj Kaur as Lieutenant General, was established in Amritsar.
India 17-Sep-1991
SAD (M) clarified that the Sikhs would not accept anything less than an independent and sovereign Sikh state.
India 19-Sep-1991
The Indian Parliament approved the bill for the extension of President's Rule in Punjab.
India 20-Sep-1991
The A.S. Padhri and K.S. Kahlon factions of AISSF dissolved in Jalandhar, and a new faction, AISSF (United), was formed under the Presidium of Amarjit Singh Padhri, Baldev Singh Hothian, Pirthi Singh Bathinda, Jassa Singh Gurdaspur, and Jaswinder Singh Qila Raipur.
India 22-Sep-1991
Nine districts of Punjab, namely Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Patiala, Ludhiana, Sangrur, Ropar, and Faridkot, were declared as disturbed areas.
India 23-Sep-1991
Badal described the government's decision to disallow the September 24 rally at Ludhiana as unprecedented, uncivilized, and undemocratic.
India 24-Sep-1991
The Panthic Committee (Usmanwala), through a press release in Faridkot, asked Sibia to hand over the Kar Sewa of the Akal Takht to Taksal by October 31.