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Sikh Militancy, Operation Blue Star and the Punjab Insurgency (1978–1995)

Sikh Militancy, Operation Blue Star and the Punjab Insurgency (1978–1995)

  1. Assassination of Nirankari leader Gurbachan Singh

    Labels: Gurbachan Singh, Sant Nirankari
  2. Journalist Lala Jagat Narain murdered

    Labels: Lala Jagat, Punjab press
  3. Operation Blue Star assault peaks; Bhindranwale killed

    Labels: Jarnail Singh, Akal Takht
  4. Operation Woodrose launched across Punjab

    Labels: Operation Woodrose, Punjab
  5. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards

    Labels: Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister
  6. Anti-Sikh pogroms erupt after assassination

    Labels: Anti-Sikh pogroms, Delhi
  7. Air India Flight 182 bombed off Ireland

    Labels: Air India, Airl Disaster
  8. Rajiv–Longowal Accord signed

    Labels: Rajiv Longowal, Rajiv Gandhi
  9. Longowal assassinated amid backlash to accord

    Labels: Harchand Singh, Akali Dal
  10. Khalistan Commando Force leadership established

    Labels: Khalistan Commando, KCF
  11. Operation Black Thunder in Golden Temple complex

    Labels: Operation Black, Golden Temple
  12. Chief Minister Beant Singh assassinated in Chandigarh

    Labels: Beant Singh, Chandigarh