The Dashmesh Regiment was a militant group, and is part of the

Khalistan movement The Khalistan movement is a Sikh separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing a sovereign state, called Khālistān (' Land of the Khalsa'), in the Punjab region. The proposed state would consist of land that cu ...

to create a Sikh

homeland A homeland is a place where a cultural, national, or racial identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. When used as a proper noun, the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethn ...

called

Khalistan The Khalistan movement is a Sikh separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing a sovereign state, called Khālistān (' Land of the Khalsa'), in the Punjab region. The proposed state would consist of land that cur ...

via armed struggle. The Dashmesh Regiment ''jathebandi'' group has claimed responsibility for two of the killings in the 2016–17 Targeted killings in Punjab, India. Dashmesh Regiments leadership was destroyed during Operation Vadhi Pahar in 1991 Punjab,India and is referred to as balowali encounter where hundreds of combined troops of BSF,CRPF,PP and Indian army were deployed in the farm fields of Bolowali village. During this fierce encounter that took place for 3 days,many Indian security forces were KIA ( killed in action) and 5 dashmesh regiment militants KIA (killed in action) it is numbered that there 12000 troops deployed but some sources say that only 1200 troops were around Bolowali village and the rest were deployed when militants from BTFK ( bhindranwalas tiger force of khalistan) came to aid Seetal Singh( KIA) but these claims might be debated. *It is unclear if the dashmesh regiment was behind the 2016–17 Targeted killings in Punjab, India since the media created a vague email address and no proof was given by the media that dashmesh regiment was behind the killings and some sources say that it was

khalistan liberation force Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) is a militant group, and is a part of the Khalistan Movement and its goal to create a Sikh homeland called Khalistan via armed struggle. The KLF appears to have been a loose association of Khalistani militant gr ...

since the fact that dashmesh regiment was destroyed during operation Vadhi Pahar and no current leadership of dashmesh regiment is known.

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{{Reflist Paramilitary organisations based in India Terrorism in India Pro-Khalistan militant outfits Sikh terrorism Designated terrorist organizations associated with Sikhism Insurgency in Punjab

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