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Khalsa Raj Party is a political party in
PunjabPunjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
. It was formed by Dr. Jagjit Singh Chohan (who returned to Punjab after living in exile in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
for 21 years). Dr. Chohan says that he returned to achieve the goal of
KhalistanKhalistan 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....
(a desired homeland for the
SikhA 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"...
s). The Khalsa Raj Party strives to achieve this goal through
nonviolenceNonviolence has two meanings. It can refer, first, to a general philosophy of abstention from violence because of moral or religious principle It can refer to the behaviour of people using nonviolent action Nonviolence has two (closely related) meanings. (1) It can refer, first, to a general...
.
Introduction
The Khalsa Raj Party was started by Dr. Jagjit Singh Chohan (who used to live in exile in the
UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
; currently, he is residing in Punjab). Chohan formed the Khalsa Raj Party in 2002 and was also the president of the party.
The creation of the Khalsa Raj Party
Jagjit Singh Chohan is the president of Khalistan. According to the Sikh Times, "Dr. Jagjit Singh Chauhan, an ideologue of the Khalistan movement who returned to India from UK after 21 years to form the Khalsa Raj Party, declared his intention to work towards the 'formation of Khalistan' at a press meet in Chandigarh. Till recently, Chauhan was lying low but now sees some prospect of the Khalistan movement being revived."
Dr. Jagjit Singh Chohan established the Khalsa Raj party with the purpose of achieving self determination for the Sikhs known as Khalistan.
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