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Operation Blue Star was Indira Gandhi's solution to the haywire going law and order situation in Punjab. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, ordered the military operation to remove Sikh militants who were accumulating weapons in the Harmandir Sahib Complex (Golden Temple).
Jun 13, 2024 · Operation Blue Star was an Indian military attack in June 1984 ordered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to remove Sikh militant separatists who had occupied the Golden Temple, the Sikhs’ holiest shrine.
Five months after the operation, on 31 October 1984, Indira Gandhi was assassinated in an act of brutality by two Sikhs namely Satwant Singh and Beant Singh. Congress encouraged outcry over Indira Gandhi's death led to the ensuing 1984 Anti-Sikh riots led by Congress mercenaries.
Jun 6, 2023 · The controversial operation had far-reaching consequences and was followed by the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, and the massacre of Sikhs in Delhi and other cities across the country.
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Jun 3, 2014 · Indira Gandhi was subsequently shot at her residence by her two Sikh bodyguards, after which anti-Sikh ‘riots’, or ‘pogroms’, occurred across India, followed by nearly two decades of state repression and heightened religious sensibilities.
Jun 7, 2022 · The Indira Gandhi government's decision to launch Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar was fraught with tragic consequences. Here's an in-depth look at how it all unfolded
Jun 6, 2023 · The Indian military marched into the premises of the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the instructions of the then-prime minister, Indira Gandhi, to force out the Sikh extreme religious leader, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, and his armed supporters.
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