The Dashmesh Regiment was a
militant
The English word ''militant'' is both an adjective and a noun, and it is generally used to mean vigorously active, combative and/or aggressive, especially in support of a cause, as in "militant reformers". It comes from the 15th century Latin " ...
group, and is part of the
Khalistan movement to create a
Sikh
Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...
homeland called
Khalistan 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 since the fact that dashmesh regiment was destroyed during operation Vadhi Pahar and no current leadership of dashmesh regiment is known.
See also
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History of the Punjab
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Operation Blue Star
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Terrorism in India
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Sikh extremism
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 ...
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Insurgency in Punjab
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Insurgency in Punjab