.WHEN INDIA got self-reliance from Britain in 1947, few outside the nation believed that a union of such varied states can keep all together. India has made it through-- however not without threats to its oneness. Some of one of the most long-lasting has actually been the Khalistan motion, which finds to develop a private homeland for Sikhs. On September 18th Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, declared that Indian government brokers were behind the murder, in June, of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh innovator who handled independence for Khalistan. India's government, which rejects any type of participation, has actually accused Canada of harbouring "terrorists as well as separatists". Just how major is the Khalistan motion?