25th anniversary of Indian Armys anti-Sikh operation
25th anniversary of Indian Armys anti-Sikh operationNew Delhi: Sikhs in Amritsar city of the northern state of Punjab assembled at a 16th century Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple, today to mark the 25th anniversary of Operation Bluestar, Indian Armys attack on the shrine to kill armed separatists in 1984.
25th anniversary of Indian Armys anti-Sikh operation
Avtar Singh Makkar, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC, which controls all the historical Gurdwaras [Sikh temples] as well as Gurdwaras under Section 87 of the Sikh Gurdwara Act 1925) and other Sikh leaders gathered at the Akal Takht (the highest temporal seat of Sikh religion situated in the Golden Temple complex) to perform worship in remembrance of those who were killed in Operation Bluestar.
On June 3, 1984, a large troop of Indian soldiers stormed the shrine, and on June 6, they used tanks and mortar guns causing heavy damage to the marble building, especially the Akal Takht.
The attack aimed at finishing off Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the leader of the militant proponents of Khalistan, a proposed independent Sikh state, and his commanders who were operating from the Golden Temple. The army killed all the separatist commandoes including Bhindranwale, but hundreds of civilians were also killed in the attack.
On Oct 31, 1984, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Congress party, who ordered Operation Bluestar, was gunned down by her two Sikh bodyguards at her official residence in New Delhi. After her assassination, a large-scale anti-Sikh riots that left hundreds of Sikhs dead in Delhi and other places across India ensued. It is believed that some Congress party leaders were behind the spate of violence.
Operation Bluestar also marked the beginning of a decade-long conflict between armed representatives of the State both the Central and the state governments and Khalistani militants, in which thousands of people, mainly Sikh youth, were subjected to torture and rape and disappeared in extrajudicial killings.
While illegal arrests and killings by the police had never been a secret since the anti-Sikh mayhem began in the early 1980s, evidence crept out only in 1995 after a human rights activist, Jaswant Singh Khalra, and his associate, Jaspal Singh Dhillon, produced records of three crematoria in Amritsar that showed 2,097 secret cremations.
Khalra was killed by some officials of the Punjab Police for exposing the illegal cremations. A court convicted the killers of Khalra a few years later, but they challenged the court order while in jail. The case is still underway.
On August 31, 1995, then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, the man largely credited with wiping out separatist militancy from Punjab, was assassinated in Chandigarh, the capital city.
Sikhs complain that impunity that followed the hundreds, if not thousands, of non-Army casualties in the Indian armys attack on the Golden Temple and thereafter continues even 25 years later.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 13 2009, 12:33 PM
poors sarders fcuked by every one... except bengalis
Pakistan Airforce: The largest distributor of Indian airforce parts in Asia
Pathankot Strike
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 14 2009, 7:55 AM
Sounds like all sicks in india are subdued today. I heard that sick is an athnic group in India that is good at fighting? How Hindus can defeat them so easily?
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 14 2009, 8:25 AM
where is baba singh and his sardar bunch???
probably gone to buy bangles and sarees for thier new wardrobe.
pussies
Pakistan Airforce: The largest distributor of Indian airforce parts in Asia
Pathankot Strike
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 14 2009, 4:28 PM
ya why not?
i will hand it to my lovers
Pakistan Airforce: The largest distributor of Indian airforce parts in Asia
Pathankot Strike
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 15 2009, 8:04 AM
@ prado
poors sarders fcuked by every one... except bengalis"""""""""""""""
we fuucked u guys for long time and ruled over u.so its ok.
why are the sicks so weak?"""""""""""""""""""""""
@ panda
never mind chingaro friend that less then .01% that is 5000 low caste sikhs killed by 1 million hindus.
if thats week then what do u call that when 100,000 japanese fuucked 1 billion chingaroos.
women raped... men raped... grandads and grannys raped... temples burnt... India was cruel on this day
@ shuja
did u forget massacre of pehawar where ur half gay pashtoons were masscred by sikhs.
we raped ur apas and ammas and killed ur ansestors and destroyed ur mosques.
did u forget that all that so soon shuja phuda khan. trying to find glory in hindus.
do try to find in anti muslim riots in mumbai and gujrat.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 15 2009, 9:22 AM
and we ruled u for a 1000... hhahaha hahahhaah
Pakistan Airforce: The largest distributor of Indian airforce parts in Asia
Pathankot Strike
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 15 2009, 9:34 AM
and we ruled u for a 1000... hhahaha hahahhaah"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
prado prado prado.
do u even trace ur ansectory 500 years.
we are jats never lost battle with like of u.
whats ur ansestory , u wannabe turks or persians .even we had the last laugh.
do u know sikhs are just 2% , muslims are 20% , hindus are nearly 80% in india.
but out of 2% we jats are not even half yet we ruled over 80% of afghans and muslims. try to figure that out.
and 1984 did happend but against low caste bhapas of delhi noit jat sikhs.
even then we took revenge did u guys do that after mumbai and gujrat riots.
This message has been edited by jat_sikh on Jun 15, 2009 9:36 AM
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 15 2009, 9:48 AM
are u trying to say there different shades of towel heads????.... jezz u look all the same to me..
tell u what... why dont u guys color your hats... like yellow for jats and blue for others u mention...
please do that we get confused.
Pakistan Airforce: The largest distributor of Indian airforce parts in Asia
Pathankot Strike
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 15 2009, 11:32 AM
The hindus had no mercy when they burnt your houses and people .you guys were raped by stick wielding Hindus literally were was the so called warrior then.
india is a hindu state no matter what fascade they try to show to the outside world .SECULAR YEH
pick a track you want to listen to
Bal Thackeray (Login jat_sikh) Satyameva Jayate(India)
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 15 2009, 3:17 PM
The hindus had no mercy when they burnt your houses and people .you guys were raped by stick wielding Hindus literally were was the so called warrior then.
india is a hindu state no matter what fascade they try to show to the outside world .SECULAR YEH """""""""""""""""""""
@prado yes we have different shades and different kinds of sikhs just like muslims, like all muslims are not the same , u guys have bloches and afghans and muhajirs and banglas in ur midset. if someone kills bangla muslims u cant say that they killed kashmiri muslims, same with us so dont get all messed up in the head.delhi sikhs are disgraced race called bhapas ask any one in india u illitate baffon.(manmohan singh current pm is bhapa sikh).
@arsenal
yes only glorious day in piglet history is 1984 which is not even there own.
yet they forget the massacare of there many cities life peshawar and sirhind by sikh armies, whole towns were raised to ground.
yet they try to find glory in hindus who in india buthered them like pigs and destroyed there mosques everywhere in mumbai and gujrat and heres one i forget where it was.
many more muslims died that day then sikhs.enjoy and clap.hindus destroying muslim mosque and brave muslims hiding in there apas burkas.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 15 2009, 5:23 PM
************* india u illitate baffon********
RE: abey u yellow towelhead .... there some thing called a spell check. use it
indian educated boob.
definetly paki angrayzie is better
Pakistan Airforce: The largest distributor of Indian airforce parts in Asia
Pathankot Strike
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 16 2009, 1:15 AM
prado u english teacher quit teaching me spelling and verbs and pronouns.
my english is much better then many here.
@ arsenal, yes nice picture of akal takht. it was distroyed not once but many times but we always build it back and take revenge on those who did that(abdali paid the price so did indra gandhi).
by the way did u guys build babri masjid destroyed by hindus. ahhh let me see----nooooo
did u build that majid in peshawar destroyed by sikhs and we build hindu temple there,,, again ...nooo.
go worship in that temple some ruins of ur masjid are still there.cowards and weeklings lost all there battles with us, not won just 1 battle and try to find glory in hindus.amazing.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 16 2009, 2:25 AM
wow they destroyed a few mosques .so what
the hindus attacked your MOST HOLIEST SITES"""""""""""""""""""
dude we destroyed all mosques in many paki cities such as pesahwar and multan and jamraud.
we even build hindu temple there in pesahwar which is still there.
and hindus didnt destroyed our temple, indian army 100,000 strong attacked akal takht and destroyed it(its holy but not temple or gurudwara its holy beacuse of militry point of view). not 1 holy sikh shrine was destroyed, when indian army attacked and it took them 3 fuuucking days with tanks to kill just 25 jat sikhs in akal takht.
and what did u guys did after hindus destroyed ur mosques many of them.
we killed indian pm when she just destroyed our sacred militry building , what did u guys did.ur definatly 20 times more then us in india.
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 16 2009, 5:27 AM
what's rat sick? """"""""""""""""""
now what are u babbling about panda? do u by chance means that u guys started eating rats in chinas great leap forward then started eating human babies, now u eat human babies again and even donkey dicccks.
dont try to butt in the topics u knew nothing about, we are sikhs try to spell that right next time(sikhs who beat paki piglets everytime we encountered them even though we were mere 10 % of pop and pigs were 80%) , read and read otherwise gtfo.
This message has been edited by jat_sikh on Jun 16, 2009 5:37 AM
Re: 25th anniversary of Indian Army’s anti-Sikh operation
June 16 2009, 6:59 PM
jatrat,
didnt your daddy run away to canada after getting butt raped by hindus??
lol
The sicks in denial
Dark are the images that haunt us
Reporter Rahul Bedi witnesses the massacre of Trilokpuri and for 20 years has been fighting alongside the riot victims. He recounts the horrors of 1984 to Purwa Khandelwal.
HE saw, he reported and he lost hope, nearly. Rahul Bedi has seen it all - the way the police abetted riots in 1984 and the long, hard almost futile struggle for justice that followed. And then a rerun in Gujarat.
Bedi was a reporter back in 1984 and has deposed before the many commissions that have enquired into the anti-Sikh riots. Cynicism and bitterness is what he has reaped from his experience.
"Twenty years and so many commissions of inquiry later, we achieved nothing," he says.
His frustration is obvious. "Justice Nanavati commission (which is investigating the riots currently) is probing something that took place so long ago. Justice delayed is justice definitely denied."
In 20 years, most memories would fade. But not the images of what happened in the four days of November, 1984.
Bedi, now 52, gives a vivid account of Trilokpuri incident that "encapsulates the four-day pogrom".
Block 32 of Trilokpuri was then a colony of poor Sikhs. "It was in fact the most calculated, bloody and horrible massacre that took place 36 hours after Mrs Gandhi was killed," says Bedi.
"About 320 people were massacred in the confines of a small gully about 300-400 yards long. There were houses on either side and the street was littered with bodies," he recalls.
For Bedi, covering the Trilokpuri riot was a matter of chance.
"I was working with the Indian Express. A resident of Block 32, Mohan Singh, managed to reach our office. He had cut his hair to save his life. I happened to be around at that time and heard his story. On November 2, I went to Block 32 with two of my colleagues to come upon this horrible massacre."
"About 320 people were massacred in the confines of a small gully. There were houses on either side and the street was littered with bodies."
AT first, they were chased by a stone-throwing crowd. "They nearly lynched us." But, determined to learn the truth, the reporters went back to the colony after dark.
Dark are the images that haunt Bedi. "It was concentrated in a very, very small area. There was nothing on the street but body parts, hair, clothes People were shrieking And there was an all-pervading stink of decaying flesh. We were literally walking on our toes to avoid stepping on some body."
They did manage to save one life. Bedi and his friends rescued a baby who was in one of the houses on the street unattended for the past 24-36 hours. The dead bodies on the street and the patrolling mobs had meant nobody heard the baby cry.
"There was a polio-inflicted woman who was sitting stunned at the doorway of a house. She was beyond tears, beyond any feelings. She had sat there for a one and a half day. Just watching. Watching the senseless and gruesome killing. Mercifully, she was spared."
That was just the beginning of the horrors for Bedi. The next shock came when he discovered that this mayhem was no act of madness of the mob, but a calculated move. "There seemed to be a very precise method to the massacre.
"Firstly, the entire area around Trilokpuri was blocked off by placing huge water pipes strategically across the approach roads. The local residents were checking everybody coming in and out.
"Secondly, whilst the massacre was on, I saw two policemen on a motorcycle coming out of the area. They obviously had not anything to stop the murder. Nor did they call for reinforcements."
Police turned out to be one of the villains of the riots. "This was a colony of poor Sikhs being slaughtered by people living around them and the police did nothing. The local administration did nothing.
At the police station in Trilokpuri, there was a truck full of dead bodies. But "one constable lounging around in the deserted police station claimed to know nothing about the killings that had taken place less than a kilometre away".
THIS infuriated Bedi. He filed PILs against three police officers. "I thought I could make a difference."
But he had not bargained for the labyrinthine justice system. "They were ultimately not accepted after a first couple of hearings as the litigations became part of the larger inquiry" which is still to be completed after 20 years.
Would a mellowed Rahul Bedi take such a step now? "I think lot more exposure is available today especially after television. There is a greater awareness among the society today."
Bedi, who also covered the Gujarat riots of 2002, perhaps would not rush in with PILs against policemen. "I have become cynical over the years."
Worse, today's India gives him even less chance to hope. "I don't really think the state machinery has become more responsible or more likely to apportion accountability or blame."
"Twenty years later we are a more cynical people. Killing, riots, sectarian violence have no meaning to us." Surely, India cannot afford to be this unfeeling.
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