Amritsar: Although the Sikhs have moved on, with one of them nowruling India, there is no forgetting Operation Bluestar, the 1984military assault on the Golden Temple here that left the communityscarred and in some ways changed the face of the country.
Thesprawling temple complex today attracts thousands of devotees daily andpresents a renovated look. But the tell-tale marks of 1984 remain, andso do the hurt feelings in the Sikh community.
Operation Bluestar: Chronology of events
Hundredsof Indian soldiers stormed the Golden Temple after imposing curfew inAmritsar to flush out Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed band ofSikh separatists who were holed up in the complex.
Text: IANS
Image: Sikhsmilitant march in the streets of Amritsar, Punjab on April 16, 1984. Inearly 1984 a group of militant Sikhs led by Saint Jarnail SinghBhindranwale take refuge in the Golden Temple and transform it into amilitary stronghold.(Photograph copyright AFP. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.)
Thesprawling temple complex today attracts thousands of devotees daily andpresents a renovated look. But the tell-tale marks of 1984 remain, andso do the hurt feelings in the Sikh community.
Operation Bluestar: Chronology of events
Hundredsof Indian soldiers stormed the Golden Temple after imposing curfew inAmritsar to flush out Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed band ofSikh separatists who were holed up in the complex.
Text: IANS
Image: Sikhsmilitant march in the streets of Amritsar, Punjab on April 16, 1984. Inearly 1984 a group of militant Sikhs led by Saint Jarnail SinghBhindranwale take refuge in the Golden Temple and transform it into amilitary stronghold.(Photograph copyright AFP. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.)
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