Punjabi Suba movement
| Punjabi Suba movement | |||
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The East Punjab state in India from 1956 to 1966 | |||
| Date | 15 August 1947 – 1 November 1966 | ||
| Location | East Punjab, India | ||
| Goals | Creation of the constitutional autonomous federal state of Punjab, with Chandigarh as its capital, for Punjabi-speaking people from the bilingual East Punjab state | ||
| Methods | Protest marches and demonstrations, hunger strike, general strike | ||
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| Casualties | |||
| Death(s) | At least 43 | ||
| Arrested | 57,129 Sikhs (Akali Dal records) | ||
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The Punjabi Suba movement was a political movement led by Punjabi-speakers (mainly Sikhs) from 1947 to 1966, demanding the creation of an autonomous Punjabi Suba, or Punjabi-speaking state, in the post-independence Indian state of East Punjab. It is regarded as the forerunner of the Khalistan movement.
Borrowing from the pre-independence demands for a Sikh country, this movement demanded a fundamental constitutional autonomous state within India. Led by the Akali Dal, it resulted in the formation of the state of Punjab. The state of Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh were also created and some Pahari-majority parts of the East Punjab were also merged with Himachal Pradesh following the movement. The result of the movement failed to satisfy its leaders.