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Operation Blue Star was an Indian Armed Forces operation between 1 and 10 June 1984 to remove Sikh militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh militants from the buildings of the Golden Temple, a holy site of Sikhism.
Jun 6, 2018 · The 1984 Operation Blue Star was the biggest internal security mission ever undertaken by the Indian Army. Operation Blue Star was Indira Gandhi's solution to the haywire going law and order situation in Punjab.
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.
Jun 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 in the operation as well as 87 soldiers.
Jun 6, 2023 · Operation Bluestar was an Indian Army operation carried out in June 1984 in the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, to flush out militants who were led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a one-time leader of the Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal and a key figure in the growing separatist Khalistan movement at the time.
The operation that was carried out between June 1 and June 8, 1984, claimed several lives and left the shrine damaged. The operation was aimed at neutralising Sikh preacher Jarnail...
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.
Jun 9, 2024 · The military siege in June 1984 was ordered by India's then-prime minister Indira Gandhi. The aim was to flush out militant separatist Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed...
Aug 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 Punjab.
Jun 28, 2007 · Part 1 - Survivors, soldiers and a saint. He speaks to the survivors of Operation Blue Star and hears about the inner torment of one of the Sikh generals who led the attack and goes in search...
