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Indian nation-building exercise induced Army attack on Darbar Sahib: Ajmer Singh
April 29, 2016 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau
Chandigarh: The Indian Army attack on the Darbar Sahib was an outcome of the nation building project switched into operation since the British rulers quit the Indian sub-continent, said known Sikh historian Ajmer Singh.
Ajmer Singh, Sikh author and historian
Speaking at the release of the book, ‘Sant Bhinderanwale de Ru-h-bru, June 84 di Pattarkari’, authored in Punjabi by senior journalist Jaspal Singh Sidhu here at Kisan Bhawan, Ajmer Singh said practice showed that shaping a nation-state on the European model, necessitated the demolishing of distinct identities, cultures, languages and other diversities to be replaced by a homogenous dispensation, which better suited to unitary type- central governance.
Participants taking part in discussion during book release function
The Sikhs came into a direct conflict with the Indian state as they insisted on retaining their distinct identity as well their separate political entity as a ‘nation’, he added.
Supporting his views veteran journalist Dalbir Singh said media like other institutions of the state stood behind the nation-building process and distorted the reporting of news-items to fit into the anti-Sikh propaganda spree. Thus, the Sikhs subjected to police atrocities and repression made out as ‘aggressors’ in the eyes of the Indians and justified the leashing of reign of terror on the community.
Other senior journalists Sidhu Damdami and Karamjit Singh said the book furnishes the first-hand information of the 1980s, which would help understanding the past and shaping the future politics of the Sikhs.
Several other journalists including Hamir Singh, Chanchal Manohar Singh, Sarbjit Singh Dhaliwal, Dr. Megha Singh, Balwinder Jammu, Pritam Rupal , Prabhjit Singh, Parmjeet Singh, Yadwinder Karfew and Davinder Pal were present on the occasion.
Apart from journalistic fraternity, Bharati Kisan Union leader Pishora Singh ‘Sidhupur’, former SGPC member Amrinder Singh, Sikh leaders Harpal Singh Cheema, Mandhir Singh, Kummikar Singh, Surinder Singh Kishanpura, Khushaal Singh and Dr. Gurnek Singh attended the function.
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