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Indian Govt vs Sikh insurgents

Years: 1983-1993
Battle deaths: 13,203 [1]
Onesided violence: 1,348 [2]

Nation(s) involved and/or conflict territory [note]
India

Published prior to 2013 | Updated: 2016-08-10 12:11:35
"The conflict taking place in the north-western Indian state Punjab saw the Indian government fighting a number of Sikh insurgent outfits aiming for the establishment of a Sikh state, Khalistan ("Land of the Pure"). The conflict became active in 1983 and throughout its duration displayed much violence, generating high death-tolls. Following large counterinsurgency-operations, the government pronounced the insurgency defeated in 1993."

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (Date of retrieval: 2013-07-28) UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia, Uppsala University

SOURCES: FATALITY DATA

Data Sources

[1] Battle deaths: PRIO Battle Deaths Dataset v3.0 (link) (1946-88) UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset v. 5-2015 (link) (1989-2014) ID: #156
Low: 11,764 High: 15,910

[2] UCDP One-sided Violence Dataset v. 1.4-2015 (1989-2014) (link) including actors: Sikh insurgents
Low: 1,345 High: 2,878

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NOTE ON NATION DATA

NOTE! Nation data for this war may be inconlusive or incomplete. In most cases it reflects which nations were involved with troops in this war, but in some it may instead reflect the contested territory.

 

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