Operation Blue Star - Wikipedia
WEBOperation 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.
40 years ago, a Sikh holy place in Punjab was the site of a bloody ...
WEBJun 9, 2024 · Operation Blue Star, as it was called, left hundreds dead and damaged the temple's inner shrine. At the same time, a group of about 200 supporters of an independent Sikh state called...
Sikh families still suffering 40 years after Golden Temple raid - BBC News
WEBJun 8, 2024 · About 400 people, including 87 soldiers, were killed during Operation Blue Star, which was ordered by then prime minister, Indira Gandhi. But Sikh groups dispute this figure, claiming...
40 years of Operation Blue Star: What happened and how it
WEBJun 3, 2024 · 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 …
39 years of Operation Bluestar: What happened in Punjab and the ...
WEBJun 8, 2023 · An Indian Army operation known as Operation Bluestar was conducted in June 1984 at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, to expel militants who were led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a former head of the Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal and a key figure in the then-emerging separatist Khalistan movement.
Operation Blue Star: Operation Blue Star anniversary: How it …
WEBJun 6, 2023 · Operation Blue Star was a significant event in the history of India that took place in June 1984. It refers to the military operation ordered by the Indian government to remove Sikh militants who had fortified themselves inside the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab.
Remembering 1984 on the 40th Anniversary of Operation Blue Star
WEBOn June 1, 1984, the Indian government launched Operation Blue Star, a coordinated assault on Darbar Sahib (also known as the Golden Temple) and dozens of other gurdwaras throughout Punjab that claimed the lives of thousands of Sikhs.
Decode Politics: 40 years on, why Congress is still jostling with its ...
WEB5 days ago · The scars of Operation Blue Star have flared up again for the Congress, with former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress Jalandhar MP Charanjit Singh Channi calling the Army operation to flush out militants from the Golden Temple an “attack” on the Sikh shrine, and claiming that his party had apologised for the “wrong”.
Why 1984 Golden Temple raid still rankles for Sikhs - BBC News
WEBAug 1, 2013 · The storming of the Golden Temple, codenamed Operation Blue Star, was aimed at flushing out Sikh separatists. They had been demanding an independent homeland - called Khalistan - in the...
Operation Blue Star | Golden Temple, Amritsar, Sikhism, & Indian ...
WEB6 days ago · 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.
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