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{{pm|Image:Blue star akal takht.jpg|[[Sri Akal Takht Sahib|Akal Takht]] building after [[Operation Blue Star]]}} | {{pm|Image:Blue star akal takht.jpg|[[Sri Akal Takht Sahib|Akal Takht]] building after [[Operation Blue Star]]}} | ||
'''[[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. This tragic event took place over 25 years ago and [[Sikh]]s all over the world will remember this episode with great sadness. The Indian army invaded the [[Harmandir sahib complex]] on the orders of the then Prime Minister of India, {{w|Indira Gandhi}}. At the time of the operation, close to 100,000 army troops had been deployed throughout [[Punjab]]. A group of Sikhs, led by [[Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale|Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]] (the charismatic leader of the Damdami Taksal) had, after being expelled from one of the [[Niwas]] (guest houses) moved into the Akal Takhat. | '''[[Operation Blue Star]]''' was the codename for the attack on the [[Akal Takhat]] and the [[Golden Temple complex]] during the period '''[[June|June 1 to 6]]''', [[1984]]. This tragic event took place over 25 years ago and [[Sikh]]s all over the world will remember this episode with great sadness. | ||
The Indian army invaded the [[Harmandir sahib complex]] on the orders of the then Prime Minister of India, {{w|Indira Gandhi}}. At the time of the operation, close to 100,000 army troops had been deployed throughout [[Punjab]]. | |||
A group of Sikhs, led by [[Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale|Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]] (the charismatic leader of the Damdami Taksal) had, after being expelled from one of the [[Niwas]] (guest houses) moved into the Akal Takhat. | |||
Besides the historic weapons carried by [[Sikh]]s, the [[kirpan]]s and [[khanda]]s, the group which had fortified the historic Takhat, with rifles, assault weapons & grenades, numbered no more than 250. The Golden Temple, the surrounding [[Bungas (Amritsar)|Bungas]], guest houses and [[Langar]] were filled with 2,000 or more pilgrims, guests and employees of the complex. Many had come to visit the Temple on the day associated with the [[Martyrdom of Guru Arjan]]. <!---- | Besides the historic weapons carried by [[Sikh]]s, the [[kirpan]]s and [[khanda]]s, the group which had fortified the historic Takhat, with rifles, assault weapons & grenades, numbered no more than 250. The Golden Temple, the surrounding [[Bungas (Amritsar)|Bungas]], guest houses and [[Langar]] were filled with 2,000 or more pilgrims, guests and employees of the complex. Many had come to visit the Temple on the day associated with the [[Martyrdom of Guru Arjan]]. <!---- | ||
The Army commanders had thought that the size and might of the forces employed to route the Takht's occupiers would convince the [[Singh]]s to surrender, but in a long tradition that has seen the [[Harmandir Sahib]] sacked and all but destroyed many times in the past, almost all of the Singhs had chosen to stand their ground, to fight and to fall as their historic, legendary [[Khalsa]] brothers of the past had done, so many times before, as martyrs defending this holiest site of the Sikh religion from another invasion.---> {{aowf|Operation Blue Star}} | The Army commanders had thought that the size and might of the forces employed to route the Takht's occupiers would convince the [[Singh]]s to surrender, but in a long tradition that has seen the [[Harmandir Sahib]] sacked and all but destroyed many times in the past, almost all of the Singhs had chosen to stand their ground, to fight and to fall as their historic, legendary [[Khalsa]] brothers of the past had done, so many times before, as martyrs defending this holiest site of the Sikh religion from another invasion.---> {{aowf|Operation Blue Star}} | ||
Latest revision as of 06:27, 1 June 2012
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. This tragic event took place over 25 years ago and Sikhs all over the world will remember this episode with great sadness.
The Indian army invaded the Harmandir sahib complex on the orders of the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. At the time of the operation, close to 100,000 army troops had been deployed throughout Punjab.
A group of Sikhs, led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (the charismatic leader of the Damdami Taksal) had, after being expelled from one of the Niwas (guest houses) moved into the Akal Takhat.
Besides the historic weapons carried by Sikhs, the kirpans and khandas, the group which had fortified the historic Takhat, with rifles, assault weapons & grenades, numbered no more than 250. The Golden Temple, the surrounding Bungas, guest houses and Langar were filled with 2,000 or more pilgrims, guests and employees of the complex. Many had come to visit the Temple on the day associated with the Martyrdom of Guru Arjan. .....More
