Demand
of ‘Khalistan’ for Sikhs
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‘Khalistan’ was first asked for the Sikhs by a medical doctor,
Dr. V.S. Bhatti, of Ludhiana immediately after the All India Muslim League had
passed the “Lahore Resolution” on March 23, 1940.
Dr. Bhatti had demanded it
in a brochure entitled ‘Khalistan’ on the presumption that Pakistan was bound
to be established sooner or later and since it was to be a ‘Theocratic State’
of the Muslims.
Dr. Bhatti proposed the ‘Khalistan’ of his conception to act as a
buffer between the two unfriendly Independent States. In August, 1940, the
opposition of both the ‘Shiromani Akali Dal’ and the Punjab Congress ended the ‘Khalistan’
demand and its place was taken by the demand for ‘Azad Punjab’.
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