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The Khalistan movement is an independence movement seeking to create a separate homeland for Sikhs by establishing a Sikh state called Khalistan ("land of the Khalsa") in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. The proposed boundaries of Khalistan is entirety of the Sikh-majority state of Punjab and Punjabi‐speaking areas of neighboring Indian states, and this is a page that depicts the list of Khalistani separatist organizations.^[1]

Khalistani separatist organizations

All India Sikh Students Federation^[2]
Council of Khalistan
Dal Khalsa
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
Sikh Federation (UK)
Sikhs for Justice
Waris Punjab De
World Sikh Organization
Akali Dal
All India Shiromani Akali Dal
Azad Khalistan
Bhindranwale Militant Group
Khalistan Affairs Center
Khalistan Center
Khalistan Guerilla Force
Khalistan Liberation Front
Khalistan Liberation Organisation
Khalistan National Army
Khalistan Security Force
Khalsa Party
Malwa Kesri Commando Force
National Sikh Youth Federation
Panthic Committee
Pure Tigers
Royal Army of Khalistan^[3]
Sikh International Organization
Sikh Youth Federation
Sikh Youth UK
Tat Khalsa
World Sikh Parliament

Khalistani paramilitary organizations

Sr. No.	Name	Founder + year	Famous Actions
1.	Babbar Khalsa^[4]	Bhai Talwinder Singh Parmar, Bhai Sukhdev Singh Babbar (1979)	See: List of actions by Babbar Khalsa
2.	Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan	Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochahal (1984)	Major encounter at Rataul village.
3.	Dashmesh Regiment	Bhai Seetal Singh Matewal, (1990)	Major encounter at Bolowali village.
4.	International Sikh Youth Federation^[4]	Singh Sahib Jasbir Singh Rode, (23 September 1984)	based in the United Kingdom
5.	Khalistan Commando Force^[4]	Manbir Singh Chaheru, (1986)	Assassination of Rtd Chief General of Indian army and an architect of Operation Blue Star Arun Vaidya, assassinations of leading culprits of 1984 Anti-Sikh riots Congress(I) Member of Parliament Lalit Maken, Arjan Dass and several other high-profile battles with Indian security forces.
6.	Khalistan Liberation Army	1990s	The Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA) is reputed to have been a wing of, or possibly a breakaway group from, the KLF.
7.	Khalistan Liberation Force^[4]	Bhai Aroor Singh (1986)	Killing of SSP Gobind Ram, SSP A.S Brar, SP K.R.S Gill, Lt. Col. Satnam Singh, Ramkat Jatola, SP RS Tiwara, DSP Tara Chand, Major General B.N Kumar, Treasurer Balwant Singh, Lala Bhagwan Das, MLA Sat Pal Parashar, and others
8.	Khalistan Tiger Force	Jagtar Singh Tara (1990s)	Assassination of the former Chief Minister of Punjab Beant Singh in 1995.
9.	Khalistan Zindabad Force^[4]	Bhai Ranjit Singh Neeta	Bomb blasts on trains and buses in Jammu, killing of DSP Devinder Sharma.
10.	Shaheed Khalsa Force	1997	SKF claimed credit for marketplace bombings in New Delhi in 1997.

Babbar Khalsa is listed as a terrorist organisation by the United Kingdom,^[5] the EU,^[6] Canada,^[7] India, and the United States.

References

^ Minahan, James (2002). Encyclopedia of the stateless nations. 4: S - Z. Westport, Conn. London: Greenwood Press. p. 2151. ISBN 978-0-313-32384-3. SIKHS: All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSE); Babbar Khalsa International (BKI); Khalistan Liberation Army; Khalsa Dal; Sikh Youth Federation; Panthic Committee; Pure Tigers; Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF); Council of Khalistan; Eternal Party (Akali Dal); All-India Shiromani Akali Dal; Panthic Committee; Khalistan Commando Force (KCF); Bhindranwale Militant Group; Sikh International Organization (SIO); Shaheed Khalsa Force (SKF); Sikh Youth Federation (SYF); Bhinderanwala Tiger Force; Saheed Khalsa Force; Khalistan Liberation Tiger Force; Khalistan National Army (KNA); Saheed Khalsa Force; Azad Khalistan
^ Minahan, James (2002). Encyclopedia of the stateless nations. 4: S - Z. Westpsort, Conn. London: Greenwood Press. p. 2151. ISBN 978-0-313-32384-3. SIKHS: All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSE); Babbar Khalsa International (BKI); Khalistan Liberation Army; Khalsa Dal; Sikh Youth Federation; Panthic Committee; Pure Tigers; Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF); Council of Khalistan; Eternal Party (Akali Dal); All-India Shiromani Akali Dal; Panthic Committee; Khalistan Commando Force (KCF); Bhindranwale Militant Group; Sikh International Organization (SIO); Shaheed Khalsa Force (SKF); Sikh Youth Federation (SYF); Bhinderanwala Tiger Force; Saheed Khalsa Force; Khalistan Liberation Tiger Force; Khalistan National Army (KNA); Saheed Khalsa Force; Azad Khalistan
^ Manochahal, Baba Gurlachan Singh. "ROYAL ARMY OF KHALISTAN". rattibha.com. Head office: Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, Sri Amritsar. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Fair 2005, p. 128.
^ Home Office - Proscribed terrorist groups in the UK Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ EU list of terrorist groups
^ Canadian listing of terrorist groups Archived 2006-11-19 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

Fair, C. Christine (2005), "Diaspora Involvement in Insurgencies: Insights from the Khalistan and Tamil Eelam Movements", Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 11: 125–156, doi:10.1080/13537110590927845, S2CID 145552863