skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > media studies > media and society > social movement media > Khalistan movement
... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > media studies > media and society > social movement media > regions > Khalistan movement
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > movements and organizations > Khalistan movement
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of religion > global religion > movements and organizations > Khalistan movement

Preferred term

Khalistan movement  

Definition(s)

  • The Sikh separatist agitation for a sovereign homeland in Punjab, India, found its ultimate expression in the Khalistan movement of the 1980s and 1990s. The Sikhs, a religious minority constituting approximately 2% of Indian society but a majority in the border state of Punjab in the northwest, nursed grievances centering on religious identity, economic and political discrimination, and social and cultural harassment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Khalistan Movement]

Broader concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-PT4LHBRT-P

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD