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Betrayals & Broken Promises: Promises & Partition

Session 1 of 4

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26

August

2024

Betrayals & Broken Promises

In our first session, we will examine the dilemma Sikhs faced in the 1930s as the British prepared to leave the sub-continent.

In our first session, we will examine the dilemma Sikhs faced in the 1930s as the British prepared to leave the sub-continent.

We will study the promises made by Indian national leaders in the lead-up to Independence and then the trauma and horror of Partition.

About the Series

This course offers a thorough exploration of the events leading up to the June and November 1984 occurrences, examining pivotal moments in Sikh-India relations from the pre-Independence and Partition era to the eve of the June 1984 attack on Harimandar Sahib (Battle of Amritsar).

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Betrayals & Broken Promises: The Struggle for Panjabi Suba

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Santbir Singh

Research Associate

Santbir Singh is a Research Associate with SikhRI. He is currently doing his Ph.D. in Sociology at York University. His graduate research focuses on Sikh activism and the inherent relationship between Sikhi and anarchism explored through historical and contemporary Sikh movements, such as the Kisān Morcha (Farmer’s Protests) of 2020-2021.

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