In Canada, Sikhs make up roughly the same percentage of the population (2%) as they do in India (1.7%). That's key to understanding the rising tensions after Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed outside a temple in British Columbia this summer.
The Punjabi Suba movement called for the division of Punjab according to the different languages spoken there.
Some propose the Indian city of Shimla - or the Pakistani capital of Punjab, Lahore - as potential capitals for Khalistan. Months later on 31 October, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who had ordered the raid on the temple, was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards in an act of revenge.Indira Gandhi in 1980. Pic: AP
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