Draft:Khalistan movement
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The Khalistan movement, also referred to as the Khalistani movement, is an ethnoreligious movement that seeks to create a separate state for Sikhs (a significant religious minority in India) by establishing Indian Punjab (and Pakistani Punjab) as a new homeland and break it off from India. The movement is infamous and notorious for its use of violence in the achievement of its goals, with its major leaders having been convicted of murder (such as targeted assassinations of politicians) and terrorism (think a Sikh version of Al-Qaeda).
Though designated as a terrorist group in India, the movement still flourishes significantly in countries such as Pakistan, Canada, and Britain through refugees supporting the movement abroad. Many members of these movements are designated as terrorists by interpol and are wanted by the Indian government.