Anandpur Sahib Resolution

Question 1

When was the ‘Indus Water Treaty’ signed?

Answer 1

1960

Question 2

The Anandpur Sahib Resolution was adopted in which year?

Answer 2

1973

Question 3

Which were the demands made under the Anandpur Sahib Resolution 1973?

Answer 3

a) Decentralization of states under the existing constitution.

b) Reservation of Sikhs for recruitment in defence Services.

c) Raise the ceiling on the land holdings from seventeen to thirty standard acres per family.

d) Speedier completion of the Thein Dam.

Question 4

When was the Rajiv - Longowal Accord signed?

Answer 4

1985

Question 5

Apart from Rajiv Gandhi, who was the other signatory of the Rajiv-Longowal Accord 1985?

Answer 5

Harchand Singh Longowal

Question 6

Anandpur Sahib Resolution asked for?

Answer 6

Granting maximum autonomy to the region of Punjab and other States

Question 7

Which were the points that remained unresolved even after the plan of trifurcation of Punjab was implemented?

Answer 7

1. Chandigarh was a shared capital.
2. Punjabi speaking villages contiguous to Punjab remained with the neighbouring states like Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
3. Central Government controlled the canal headworks and made arbitrary allocations of water of river Ravi, Beas, Sutlej.