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Thousands of Sikhs wait in line to vote in the Khalistan referendum at the state Capitol building on Sunday. “This same process, an independence referendum, ultimately needs to take place in Punjab.
In March 1907, provincial legislation was introduced in British Columbia to bar Sikhs from the right-to-vote. [26] A month later in April, Sikhs were disallowed from voting in municipal Vancouver due to an amendment made to the Municipality Incorporation Act. [26] As a result, Sikhs were effectively blocked from being able to vote in federal ...
The Sikh Confederacy was the catalyst for a uniquely Sikh form of expression, with Ranjit Singh commissioning forts, palaces, bungas (residential places) and colleges in a Sikh style. Sikh architecture is characterised by gilded fluted domes, cupolas, kiosks, stone lanterns, ornate balusters and square roofs.
On 31 October 2021, about 30,000 Sikhs took part in the first phase of the Khalistan referendum in London. [9] [1] A similar referendum was held in London in November 2021 with campaigners claiming that some 10,000 people participated. [10]
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The gatherings were part of referendum votes on an independent Sikh nation that the organization has held for several years in the U.S. and other countries. The voting events, which this year have ...
In the Punjabi-speaking region, over 70 percent of the over 2 million Sikh votes went for the Akalis, though while Tara Singh also won back his position on the SGPC, only 74 of the 160 voting members had voted, with the rest abstaining in protest due to the continued stigma of Tara Singh breaking his pledge, and he was condemned again in a July ...
In 1984, prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards to avenge a military action she had ordered against separatists hiding in Sikhism's holiest temple in northern India's ...