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Contemporary era · 1984

Operation Blue Star

Operation Blue Star was a military operation by the Indian Armed Forces conducted between 1 and 10 June 1984, with the stated objective of removing Damdami Taksal leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and militants from the buildings of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of Sikhism, in Amritsar.

Operation Blue Star
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When
8 Jun 1984
Where
India
Era
Contemporary

Topics

India600 BCE – today

Before and after

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