By Darsham Singh Tatla
This e-book deals an outline of the Sikh diaspora, exploring the connection among domestic and host states and among migrant and indigenous groups. The ebook considers the consequences of historical past and politics of the Sikh diaspora for nationality, citizenship and sovereignity.; The textual content may still function a supplementary textual content for undergraduates and postgraduates on classes in race, ethnicity and overseas migration inside of sociology, politics, diplomacy, Asian heritage, and human geography. specifically, it's going to function a middle textual content for Sikh/Punjab classes inside Asian reviews.
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The ceremonies of the Golden Temple naturally attracted their first fury in 1905 (Oberoi 1994, 1988). The reformers, many from lower social classes, challenged the Udasi managers, popularly known as mahants (custodians), who would not allow untouchables to worship at the Golden Temple, contrary to Sikh principles. The Akalis, a new zealot reform group, arose from 1914 to challenge the mahants’ control 17 THE SIKHS: SEARCH FOR STATEHOOD of historic shrines. A violent confrontation took place in 1921 at Nankana, the birthplace of Guru Nanak, where 130 Akalis were murdered by the mahants’ mercenaries.
However, while there is an underlying thrust towards this view, to use Gellner’s words that “the political and the national unit must be congruent”, this is compromised by pragmatic and electoral considerations. No leading Sikh leader, not even fiery Sant Bhindranwale, demanded outright independence; even the short paragraph of the Anandpur resolution which hinted at the Sikh sovereignty was diluted when presented to the government. The struggle for a Sikh state arose as a direct result of the Indian state’s action at the Golden Temple.
And another major question remained unaddressed - the place of Hindu nationalism vis-li-vis many regional nationalities. While the Congress leaders’ secular rhetoric and well-formulated distance from Hindu nationalism could not secure Muslims’ consent, could “Hindu-dominated secular polity” ensure equality of India’s various nationalities? ” Three major principles of nation building and governance were laid: (a) secularism with freedom of worship and state noninterference, (b) economic welfare providing substantive citizenship rights, and (c) democratic 21 THE SIKHS: SEARCH FOR STATEHOOD centralism providing a structure of power sharing between subnational regions and the union state (Austin 1966; Jalal 1995).