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| '''Operation Woodrose''' was a follow up to [[Operation Bluestar]], taking place from June to September 1984.<ref>{{cite book |title=Religion and nationalism in India: the case of the Punjab |last=Deol |first=Harnik |year=2000 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9780415201087 |page=108 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The gallant defender |last=Darshi |first=A R |year=1999 |publisher=[[Sikh Students Federation]] |isbn=8176014680 |page=108 }}</ref> It was an operation in which the Indian Army unsuccessfully attempted<ref>{{cite book |title=Democracy and counterterrorism: lessons from the the past |last=Art |first=Robert J. |year=2007 |publisher=[[United States, Institute of Peace Press]] |isbn=10 1-929223-93-5 |page=441 }}</ref> to wipe out Sikh militancy. The Indian Army went to every village and town to detain suspected militants<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of the Sikhs: 1839-2004 |last=Singh |first=Khushwant |year=2004 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=0195673093 |page=368 }}</ref>. In the process, the army detained thousands of young Sikhs in the countryside, many of whom were tortured and murdered.<ref>{{cite book |title=Religion and nationalism in India: the case of the Punjab |last=Deol |first=Harnik |year=2000 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9780415201087 |page=108 }}</ref> This event is largely unknown because of the strict media censorship imposed by the then ruling government of Indira Gandhi, which was fearful of the instability of the nation and the censorship of the congress party. In the Punjab the operation caused the Indian Army to became very unpopular. <ref>{{cite book |title=Politics of genocide: Punjab, 1984-1994 |last=Jaijee |first=Inderjit Singh |year=1995 |publisher=[[The University of Michigan]] |page=216 |URL=http://books.google.com/books?ei=fbscS9P4OI7okwT8uenTCw&id=2-qGAAAAMAAJ&dq=woodrose+sikh&q=woodrose }}</ref>
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