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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 (Harmandir Sahib), a holy site of Sikhism, and its adjacent buildings.
The planning for Operation Blue Star was initiated long before Bhindranwale had relocated to the complex in December 1983 and begun to fortify it [221] [222] running sand-model exercises for the attack [223] [224] [225] on a Golden Temple replica in the Doon Valley over 18 months prior, [221] [222] and over 125 other Sikh shrines were ...
By the late 1970s and 1980s, the Khalistan movement began to militarize, marked by a shift in Sikh nationalism and the rise of armed militancy. This period, especially leading up to and following Operation Blue Star in 1984, saw increased Sikh militancy as a response to perceived injustices and political marginalization. [56]
Operation Blue Star was a large Indian military operation carried out between 1 and 8 June 1984, ordered by Indira Gandhi to remove leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his militant Sikh followers from the buildings of the Harmandir Sahib complex in Amritsar, Punjab. [1]
298 Hindus had been killed officially in violence in five months preceding Operation Blue Star. unofficial number of Hindus killed was well over 500 [22] 9 April 1984 Bhatinda A bomb explosion in a Hindu temple planted by Sikh militants wounded 3 people. A witness scheduled to testify against a Sikh militant was shot and killed by unidentified ...
“The area of the border most heavily targeted by Operation Lone Star has seen the most rapid increases in illegal border crossings in the state since the operation began,” the newspaper reported.
Operation Restore Hope was initially a success: The U.N. estimated that, with the help of U.S. troops, more than 250,000 lives were saved, according to Smithsonian Magazine. But throughout 1993 ...
In 1984 Babbar Khalsa members fought side-by-side with Bhindranwale's men during Operation Blue Star. [30] In 1984 Sukhdev Singh Babbar claimed responsibility for the killing of 76 Nirankaris. [62] Some terrorists acts done in Canada, India and Germany have been claimed in the name of BK. [63]