Khalistan Movement, a major setback to Punjabs growth

Punjab, October 19 (ANI): An agitation for a Punjabi-speaking state in the 1960s gave birth to a separatist agitation called Khalistan movement in the north Indian state of Punjab. The movement turned violent by the eighties and was responsible for affecting the states growth and prosperity. For over two decades, beginning in the early 1980s, Khalistani terrorists held the state to ransom.