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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week, he was shot and badly wounded by four men in another vehicle. Police, who later arrested four Canadian Sikhs, were treating the case as an international incident. The reason: Sidhu, 56, is the planning minister of the Indian state of Punjab and a party member of the moderate Akali Dal, which is trying to root out Sikh terrorism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Attack in a Distant Land | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

When the votes were counted, the Akali Dal, a moderate Sikh party, had taken almost two-thirds of the state assembly seats, giving it a mandate to carry out a July accord with the central government to resolve long-standing Sikh grievances. No one expects, however, that the terrorists will fade away. "Each member of the new legislative assembly is now a target," said one key official. Still, the election provided strong evidence that the vast majority of Punjabis prefer the politics of the ballot to those of the bullet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Second-Place Triumph | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

Sant Harchand Singh Longowal arrived at the Kamowal temple in the Punjabi village of Sherpur in high spirits. The soft-spoken president of the Akali Dal, the Sikh political party, had just come from Chandigarh, where he had persuaded two leading Sikhs to withdraw their opposition to an agreement that he and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had signed on July 24, ending three years of Sikh confrontation with the government in New Delhi. Earlier in the day, Longowal had announced that the party would contest all seats in the Sept. 22 elections for the state assembly and 13 seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India a Man of Peace Has Fallen | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...peace has fallen to the bullets of assassins," he said. The next day Longowal was cremated in his native village with full state honors. The funeral procession included mourners from every faith and high government officials. Conspicuously absent were members of the radical faction of the Akali Dal. The extremists had denounced Longowal as a "traitor" for signing the accord, which will give more economic and political power to Sikhs in the state. But many extremists say they will settle for nothing less than an independent Sikh nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India a Man of Peace Has Fallen | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...violence. On the same day that he was shot, gunmen in Punjab killed a local Hindu leader of the ruling Congress (I) Party. The next day, terrorists shot and wounded a government official in the state. The prospects for peace in Punjab now hinge on whether moderates in the Akali Dal will close ranks against the extremists. Many Sikhs are weary of the violence that has disrupted their lives and would welcome as Longowal's successor someone who can bring them the peace that their fallen leader's political skills had promised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India a Man of Peace Has Fallen | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

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