India has been accused of being behind the murder of a Canadian Sikh leader and pro-Khalistan activist.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.When Justin Trudeau this week accused India of being involved in the assassination of a Canadian citizen, it sparked a diplomatic crisis.
The movement started as a reaction to the "economic, social, and political circumstances that the Sikh population was finding itself in post-independence India", and was most active in the late 1970s and 80s, Bhatnagar said. "What happened subsequently was that the Indian army launched an operation called Operation Bluestar in June 1984 , which further angered the Sikh population," she said.
Canada is home to the largest number of Sikhs outside India, comprising more than 2 per cent of its population.In Australia, Sikhism is the fastest-growing and fifth-largest religious group.
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