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- In early June 1984, the Indian military carried out Operation Blue Star by attacking the Golden Temple in Amritsar during an important Sikh religious observance, resulting in thousands of deaths.
- This military assault aimed to suppress Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale's movement for Sikh rights amid decades of discrimination, but resulted in extensive destruction and loss of life.
- In October 1984, following an operation earlier that year, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was killed by members of her Sikh security detail, an act that led to government-supported massacres in Delhi resulting in the deaths of over 3,000 Sikhs.
- Investigations into the anti-Sikh violence failed to produce any convictions, prompting thousands of Sikhs to leave India and find refuge in countries such as Canada, Britain, and the United States to escape continued state oppression.
- These events elevated global awareness of India's oppression of Sikhs, fueling peaceful Khalistan referendums worldwide as a demand for justice and recognition of genocide.
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Operation Blue Star: India’s brutal war on Sikh faith and identity
ISLAMABAD: In the first week of June 1984, the Indian Army launched Operation Blue Star, storming the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikh faith, where thousands of innocent Sikhs, including women and children, were gunned down during a sacred religious observance. Eyewitnesses and independent observers report that over 5,000 Sikhs were killed in Amritsar alone, many shot at point-blank range. Tanks, artillery, and mortar fire devastate…
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