Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Narang, Amarjit S.

Titel

Akali Dal and the National Movement

Ist Teil von

• Region, Religion and Politics, 2023, p.79-106

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

United Kingdom: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Akalis' notion of a 'communitarian nationalism' chimed with the model of political union espoused by the Indian National Congress; this political affinity helped establish a united front against the colonial administration for the demand of Swaraj for the country. For that, it joined the national movement. The Central Akali Dal led by Baba Kharak Singh presented a separate memorandum drawing attention to the faulty compilation of census figures which made Muslims a majority in the Punjab. According to Attar Singh, the establishment of the Unionist Party was part of the British policy of patronizing the feudal elements both as collaborators of the regime and its allies in the struggle for independence. The Cabinet Mission treated the demand of a Sikh state as well as Sikhs' exaggerated claim to weightage, as something that had been put up by the Indian National Congress to thwart Muslim aspiration.