Anandpur Sahib Resolution

On 28th & 29th October 1978 there was a conference held by the Shiromani Akali Dal, a renowned Punjabi Sikh political party based in Ludhiana. In that conference, the party acclaimed certain statements and demands by endorsing for in order to succeed their political resolution at the 18th all India Akali conference. It has been identified that the purpose of “Anandpur Sahib Resolution” is to endorse Sikhism as a separate and individual religion which is not a part of Hinduism.  

What is the “Anandpur Sahib Resolution”?

“Anandpur Sahib resolution” first adopted by an active committee associated with the Shiromani Akali Dal while they were incorporated with a meeting that was held at Anandpur Sahib 16th to 17 October 1973. With the purpose of their own religion, Sikhism, as an individual religion to establish its honour and integrity as documented in the part of their provided demands and statements that came into effect as “Anandpur Sahib resolution 1973”. 

In addition to that, “Anandpur Sahib Resolution” became more viral and controversial as the demands and basically started as a fact of regional autonomy by wanting to refine the relationship of centre-state in the country.  In this resolution, it has been identified that all the demand and identification is more inclined with religious configuration than conveys the aspirations of Sikh quam, which means Nation or community. Along with the aspiration, the resolution is provided with certain goals to attain dominance and hegemony of the Sikhs.

“Anandpur Sahib Resolution Demand” 

The resolution has been included with both political issues as well as religious.  The resolution has asked the government to allow Sikhism to be individually established and separated from Hinduism. The people associated with the resolution wanted the country to see them as a powerful and impactful community separated from that of the Hindus by having their individual identification and authorization to the government.  Therefore, the statement has been associated with the demand to acknowledge their authority and power of conduct to the state government aligned with the centre. Thus, resolution has been demanding more autonomy that can be imposed on Punjab. 

There are certain specific “Anandpur Sahib Resolution demands” that are enlisted in Anandpur Sahib Resolution 1973, such as; to support Punjab to be free from casteism. The farmers of Punjab should be supported and endorsed by helping them restrict the strategy of tax.  It aimed to recognise and acknowledge Sikhism as a separate and individual source of Faith by establishing their identification in the Indian Constitution. To provide required and estimated help to the Kashmiri migrant, as well as the government must protect the interests and associated configuration of minorities that are coming from other states.  In addition to that, in this resolution, there is a fine statement provided by the community that has asked the government to imply that there should be no job reservation based on caste and minority in any state of the country. 

Since Punjab is cooperating with their fundamental income source is agricultural collaboration, in this resolution, the political party has asked the government to abolish any sort of excise duty that can be taken out from the agricultural implements as well as the machinery.  To ask for more support in terms of their agricultural business and economic benefit, they demanded to exit the entire agricultural land associated with area and ground structure from tax. Above all, there is a precise demand in Anand Sahib Resolution 1973 to establish textile mills along with 6 sugar mills in Punjab. 

Conclusion 

The discussion has been configured by identifying the significance of “Anandpur Sahib Resolution”. It has been identified that “Anandpur Sahib Resolution 1973” was initiated by a renowned political party of Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal, in order to objectify certain statements demanding the authorization and acknowledgement of Punjab. In order to be more precise, their fundamental demand was to acknowledge Sikhism as an individual religion separated from Hinduism by registering it as such in the Indian Constitution. Along with that, making Punjab decentralised in terms of restricting the interference of the Central Government for any purpose of political or social inclusion.