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Operation Blue Star. Operation Blue Star was a military operation by the Indian Armed Forces conducted between 1 and 10 June 1984 to remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh militants from the Golden Temple, a holy site of Sikhism, and its adjacent buildings. A long-standing movement advocating for greater political rights for the Sikh ...
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- 1984 Sikh Massacre
5 days ago · Operation Blue Star, Indian military operation in June 1984 ordered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to root out a group of militant Sikh separatists who had occupied the Golden Temple, the Sikhs’ holiest shrine. The leader of the group was Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a Sikh fundamentalist who sought the creation of an independent Sikh ...
Raj Narain. Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated at 9:30 a.m. on 31 October 1984 at her residence in Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. She was killed by her Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star by the Indian Army between 1 and 8 June 1984 on the orders of Gandhi. The military ...
Jan 27, 2024 · Operation Blue Star was the codename for the attack on the Akal Takhat and the Golden Temple complex during the period June 1 to 6, 1984. The Indian army invaded the Harmandir Sahib complex on the orders of the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. At the time of the operation, close to 100,000 army troops had been deployed throughout ...
Jun 3, 2024 · File image/AFP. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the beginning of Operation Blue Star. The Indian Army carried out the operation to flush out Sikh militants from the Golden Temple in June 1984. According to BBC, hundreds of civilians died in the operation as well as 87 soldiers. Parts of the Golden Temple, the holiest sites in the Sikh ...
Jun 6, 2020 · In June 1984, the Indian Army attacked Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple, as well as over 40 other gurdwaras (Sikh places of worship) throughout Punjab. The attacks, codenamed “Operation Blue Star,” killed thousands of civilians trapped inside the gurdwaras. This assault marked the beginning of a policy of gross human rights violations in Punjab that continues to have ...
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Operation Bluestar had a huge impact on Indian politics in the '80s. A view of the Sikh Reference Library at Golden Temple, where Operation Bluestar was carried out in 1984..(Sameer Sehgal/HT Photo)
