"The Sikh militant movement spanned one-and-a-half decades during which a
considerable loss of life occurred in and outside Punjab. In terms of its
spread, it almost became international in character largely due to the presence
of diaspora Sikhs in most of the western world. This work is based on the
analysis of the speeches and messages of the leaders of the militant movement.
It has been argued, without essentializing the problematic, that the nature of
discourse of the militant movement could be traced back to the construction of
Sikhism in the second half of the nineteenth century. The ideology of the Singh
Sabha movement and its attempt