Kharku Thread

[Hammertime007]

Wheguru Je Khalsa Wheguru Je Ke Fateh

We all love to remember our Shaeeds and Kharkus, one way is with threads on forums, and we are overdue one here. 

I am very interested in the life style and movements of Kharkus and their Jathebandhis, so here's a few questions for the sangat, and may be we can find some answers between us.

1} Were Kharku Jathebandis regionalised ? Was one  Jathebandie more prominent than others  in areas. For example did KLF have more members in one area and KCF in an other.

2} Were some Jathebandies more religious than others ? Babbar Khalsa comes to mind as look like nearly all Gur- Sikhs others have non Gur-Sikhs

3} Crossing the borders of India. Its common knowledge there was training and weapons supplied by a neighbouring Country. I would Imagine the punjab (ind) Punjab (pak) would have been red hot in these times and very difficult to cross. I have read  areas that the Rajistan border was used to enter Pakistan. But how did they do it with no maps. no GPS, no mobiles. I doubt there were road signs like there are now.

4} Monar in the Movement. Bhai Harjinder Singh Para , Harjinder Singh Jinda , deepa heran wala come to mind were there any more ?

5}How did they get around Punajb , ?there were easy to spot  did they have vehicles, Toofan Singh movie shows them travailing on foot and stopping at the first shelter place they could find . I do know they would go to houses in pinds to eat.

6} Communication ? How did they get messages to each other as no mobiles then .

7} What does the word Kharku actually  mean ?

 

 

[Hammertime007]

 

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[S1ngh]

On 9/15/2017 at 4:25 AM, Hammertime007 said:

Were Kharku Jathebandis regionalised ? Was one  Jathebandie more prominent than others  in areas. For example did KLF have more members in one area and KCF in an other.

Every region had their own jatha and sometime they did hold grudges and petty fights against each other - hence the fall of our movement.

[S1ngh]

On 9/15/2017 at 4:25 AM, Hammertime007 said:

2} Were some Jathebandies more religious than others ? Babbar Khalsa comes to mind as look like nearly all Gur- Sikhs others have non Gur-Sikhs

BK were very strict and sarblohi singhs. They were mostly associated with Akhand Keertan Jatha. Very secretive and hard to get in as trust issue was the major problem back then.

[proactive]

According to John Spellman, professor of Asian Studies at

the University of Windsor and consultant on Sikhism for the Human

Rights Commission of Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta, Kharku

literally means a valiant person, a person with courage, a

person who stands up for rights. The word became used for freedom

fighters and, for those who oppose Khalistan, it became used as a

synonym for terrorist (Spellman 23 May 1991).

 

http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac4ba8.html

[Guest]

Sorry for asking but what is a 'Kharku' and what is the difference between them and shaheeda?

[proactive]

The word Kharku was used in the Punjabi newspapers to describe the Sikh freedom fighters. Among the common people they were just referred to as 'Munday' or Boys. Newspapers in Punjab which followed the official line such as the Tribune had started to call them terrorists around 1984 but when they were threatened by the Kharkus around 1986 they just referred to as militants. Nowadays for such newspapers any Sikh who raises his voice for Sikh rights as called a radical. 

[Hammertime007]

31 minutes ago, S1ngh said:

Every region had their own jatha and sometime they did hold grudges and petty fights against each other - hence the fall of our movement.

I don't think a few petty fights was the fall of the movement. Blacks Cat activity caused the pind folk to stop their support for Kharkus. The other being Kharkus were Shaeed or moved to Europe, Usa or Canda.

[S1ngh]

1 hour ago, Hammertime007 said:

I don't think a few petty fights was the fall of the movement. Blacks Cat activity caused the pind folk to stop their support for Kharkus. The other being Kharkus were Shaeed or moved to Europe, Usa or Canda.

Most of the police informers belonged were part of jathabandi. Either they were planted or they got changed. One example is "Sukhi the cat". http://www.panthic.org/articles/2327