Khalistan Armed Force
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The Khalistan Armed Force or also known as Dashmesh Regiment (not to confuse with General Shabeg Singh's Dashmesh Regiment
) was a Khalistani
militant Jathebandi in India
.
In order to take the Khalistan movement
to the next level Seetal Singh Matewal formed a new group. This group consisted of highly motivated young Sikh
men and women who had sworn to right the wrongs done to the Sikh nation with their lives. As this new group took birth it was initially called the Khalistan Armed Force but later on the group took on a new name as it began to be known across Punjab as the Dashmesh Regiment. It was involved in some very serious terrorist
bombings and sectarian
killings.
Dashmesh Regiment
The Dashmesh Regiment was a militant group, and is part of the Khalistan movement to create a Sikh homeland called Khalistan via armed struggle....
) was a Khalistani
Khalistan movement
Khalistan refers to a global political secessionist movement to create a separate Sikh state, called Khālistān , carved out of parts mostly consisting of the Punjab region of India, depending on definition....
militant Jathebandi in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
In order to take the Khalistan movement
Khalistan movement
Khalistan refers to a global political secessionist movement to create a separate Sikh state, called Khālistān , carved out of parts mostly consisting of the Punjab region of India, depending on definition....
to the next level Seetal Singh Matewal formed a new group. This group consisted of highly motivated young Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
men and women who had sworn to right the wrongs done to the Sikh nation with their lives. As this new group took birth it was initially called the Khalistan Armed Force but later on the group took on a new name as it began to be known across Punjab as the Dashmesh Regiment. It was involved in some very serious terrorist
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
bombings and sectarian
Sectarianism
Sectarianism, according to one definition, is bigotry, discrimination or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions within a group, such as between different denominations of a religion, class, regional or factions of a political movement.The ideological...
killings.