Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was a Sikh religious leader who first appeared around 1978 from relative obscurity and went on to lead what is generally referred to as the Khalistan movement. The UK Home Office states the following about Bhindranwale: A charismatic Sikh religious leader who first appeared in 1977.

Who started the Khalistan movement?

In 1969, two years after losing the Punjab Assembly elections, Indian politician Jagjit Singh Chohan moved to the United Kingdom to start his campaign for the creation of Khalistan.

Is Khalistan movement still alive?

Former Punjab DGP Shashi Kant says the Khalistan movement is dormant, if not dead, in Punjab. ... “The government is using the Khalistan movement as a bogey to taint the farmers' protests. People are agitated over the farm laws,” he says. “If those in Canada want Khalistan, they can create it over there.