The Sikh Separatist Insurgency in India Political Leadership and Ethnonationalist Movements

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PARTI: Introduction 1 "Patterns of Political Leadership" and Ethnonationalist Insurgency 2 Sikh Ethnic Identity and Early Post-Independence Politics in Punjab PART II: The Emergence of the Sikh Ethnonationalist Movement (1978-1984) 3 Beginnings of Sikh Extremism (1978-1981) 4 Emergence of Ethnonationalist Violence (1981-1983) 5 Agitation, Ethnic Insurgency, and the Road to Operation Bluestar( 1983-1984) PART III: The Sustenance of the Sikh Ethnonationalist Movement (1984-1992) 6 Failed Political Compromises and Re-marginalization of Sikh Moderates (1984-1986) 7 Reorganization of the Militants and the Armed Struggle for Khalistan (1986-1988) 8 The Divided State and Electoral Victory of the Extremists (1988-1990) 9 Escalating Factionalism and Internecine Violence within the Separatist Movement (1990-1992) PART IV: The Demise of the Sikh Ethnonationalist Movement (1992-1997) 10 Crushing of the Violent Sikh Ethnonationalist Movement by the Unified State (1992-1993) 11 Return of Normalcy to Punjab and Sikh Politics (1993-1997) PART V: Conclusion 12 "Patterns of Political Leadership" and Ethnonationalist Insurgency in a Comparative Perspective