The Sikhs want their own turf, and India doesn't want them to have it. They are led by Sohan Singh, a 78-year-old doctor who was captured by the Indian government in November of 1993. Typically proud and bellicose, a small segment of Sikhs wants to establish an independent homeland called Khalistan, or Land of the Pure. The Sikhs target security forces and other government symbols in their bomb attacks. The problem is that the bombs, although they may lean left or right, don't have political affiliations-and kill a lot of innocent people. Sikhs comprise only 2 percent of India's population, but they are a majority in Punjab state. The center of the Sikh terrorist movement is in the capital of Punjab, Chandigarh. Pakistan is sympathetic to the Sikh movement. Although the Indian government claims that the movement has been shrinking since its leader was captured, there are still a lot of angry bad boys in turbans with the last name of Singh (all Sikhs carry the name Singh, meaning "lion").
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