Sirdar Kapur Singh's Idea of the Sikh Homeland

Sirdar Kapur Singh, one of the leading Sikh thinkers of the twentieth century, developed one of the clearest arguments for a Sikh homeland within postcolonial India.

Across speeches, interviews, and essays, he argued that such a homeland was inalienable from the Sikhs, historically inevitable, and politically necessary. His theory emerged from the violence and dislocations of the 1947 Partition and its long aftermath and was rooted in a deep understanding of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib’s vision of the Khalsa.

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Featuring:

Damanpreet Singh (https://sikhri.org/people/damanpreet-singh)

Santbir Singh (https://sikhri.org/people/santbir-singh)