
Babbar Khalsa International is a resistance movement in India's Punjab region that was founded in 1981 with the goal of fighting for the independence of Khalistan. BKI was created in British Columbia, Canada by Sukhdev Singh Babbar while he was in exile, and they were responsible for the bombing of Air India Flight 182 and the Narita International Airport in Japan.
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Babbar Khalsa International was founded in 1981 by Sukhdev Singh Babbar, an international organization of Sikhs who sought to form a resistance movement to liberate Khalistan in the Punjab region of India and to create a Sikh state. BKI set up their bases in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, and Pakistan and fought against India. In 1985 they were responsible for the bombing of Air India Flight 182, killing 329 people (mainly Canadian), and they also blew up a baggage terminal at the Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan in an attempt to bomb another Air India flight - it killed two baggage handlers. They took an active role in the Punjab insurgency, but in the 1990s their influence declined as many of their members were targeted and killed. Today, they have little influence on the conflict in Punjab, as all of their leaders were killed.