TY - BOOK AU - Chima, Jugdep S. TI - The Sikh separatist insurgency in India: political leadership and ethnonationalist movements SN - 9788132103028 PY - 2010/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Sikhs--Ethnic identity KW - Sikhs--Politics and government KW - Politics and government KW - Autonomy and independence movements N1 - Introduction. "Patterns of political leadership" and ethnonationalist insurgency -- Sikh ethnic identity and early post-independence politics in Punjab -- The emergence of the Sikh ethnonationalist movement. Beginnings of Sikh extremism (1978-1981) -- Emergence of ethnonationalist violence (1981-1983) -- Agitation, ethnic insurgency, and the road to Operation Bluestar (1983-1984) -- The sustenance of the Sikh ethnonationalist movement (1984-1992). Failed political compromises and re-marginalization of Sikh moderates (1984-1986) -- Reorganization of the militants and the armed struggle for Khalistan (1986-1988) -- The divided state and electoral victory of the extremists (1988-1990) -- Escalating factionalism and internecine violence within the separatist movement (1990-1992) -- The demise of the Sikh ethnonationalist movement (1992-1997). Crushing of the violent Sikh ethnonationalist movement by the unified state (1992-1993) -- Return of normalcy to Punjab and Sikh politics (1993-1997) -- Conclusion. "Patterns of political leadership" and ethnonationalist insurgency in a comparative perspective UR - https://evidya.sagepub.in/library/the-sikh-separatist-insurgency-in-india?bookId=3445&siteName=evidya ER -