Introduction
It was june 1 1984 when heavy firing started in the golden temple which is holy place of sikhs And in 8 days of firing 1000’s of people were killed
In attack tankers , helicopters, armored vehicles and chemical weapons were used , attack was not by terrorists or naxals but it was our army forces who attacked on order of our former prime minister indira gandhi
But question pops in everyone’s mind is ,
What really happened that day in operation blue star ?
Why indira gandhi ordered to kill so many people ?
What really happened that day in operation blue star ?
Why indira gandhi ordered to kill so many people ?
For next 2 minutes im going to tell you historical facts of operation blue star which was against khalistani’s terrorists , Stay Tuned and Read Full Article
- Lets Start from 1947 when pakistan choose to be muslim country and india choose to be secular country , one side majority of indian were celebrating independence and other side partition was hell for bodering states
- Partition of india pakistan was filled with rapes ,violence and mass killings ,It is estimated that almost 2.5% sikhs were killed during partition and it is one of the painful incident in our history
- In between all this khalistan movement was started demanding separate country for sikhs And in 1980’s khalistan leader jarnail singh bhindranwale and his followers started pressurizing govt for their demands
- Not just pakistan , but also america and china was supporting khalistan movement indirectly by supplying arms through pakistan and misleading the young sikhs to fight against own country
- Not to forget terror organization isi was also training militants and sending to support khalistan leader jarnail singh bhindranwale
- To stop all this anti national activities , indira gandhi decides to launch operation blue star By appointing army general arun shridhar vaidya and lieutenant general kuldip singh brar
- By knowing this jarnail singh bhindranwale decides to hideout and choose golden temple because jarnail singh bhindranwale know that ,if army forces enter holy place of golden temple then whole sikh community will stand against army
- First attempt was made on june 1 1984 when army started heavy firing in golden temple to know how many khalistani’s were hiding but the attempt was completely failed
- In between all this , borders from kashmir to rajasthan were completely sealed by deploying bsf to stop pakistan army or ISI entering india
- It was june 2 , when sikh commanders and security forces entered golden temple and was checking each and every movement of devotees with tight security
- And by evening all private and public transport were completely banned by imposing curfew not just in amritsar but for whole panjab by cutting telephone lines , tv cables and electricity .
- Next day situation in amritsar become normal as indira gandhi knew that stopping sikhs from celebrating ceremony of guru arjan will hurt sentiments of sikhs and permitted sikhs to celebrate
- More than 4000 people entered golden temple which includes leaders of student federation and khalistanis wanted to use innocent devotees as shield to attack army
- It was challenging for army and lieutenant general kuldip singh brar told sikh commanders that ,this fight is not against any community or religion but against anti nationals ,and asked sikh commanders to go back if anyone feel sentimental bad
- But shockingly not even one commander withdraw position and told proudly that country first and proved that sikhs are committed to serve country more than anything else
- It was june 4 again army annonces curfew early in morning and asked people in golden temple to vacate place immediately , but within no time , khalistanis started firing and in return army responded with heavy gun fire
- Army asked jarnail singh bhindranwale to surrender but no response came and army launched firing from tanks, helicopters on akal takht building killing many terrorists and innocent devotees .
- With missiles , launchers and machine guns khalistani terrorists were fighting so hard that they blasted tankers with granite missile , and indian army started attacking from all sides which damaged temple building
- It was june 6 when army attacked another building where terrorist were hiding and later when army entered in building and found that jarnail singh bhindranwale was dead along with his followers
- And in firing site chinese made missiles , grenade and launchers were found proving that china , pakistan and america was supporting khalistan terrorists indirectly
- It was june 10 when operation blue star was ended after 8 long days of fire operation and 2 days of search operation , as per indian govt 400 people were killed including civilians and military personals but many witness tell that more than 1000 people died in attack
Thats the end of short and simplified history of operation blue star
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