Blue Star Operation: 7 major reasons that led to the death of Iron lady Indra Gandhi
On the 34the annivarsary of The Operation Blue Star, read the 7 major facts. The Operation Blue Star was launched to knock out the Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale who was hiding in Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar since 1980.
Operation Blue Star was divided into two operations known as Operation Shop and Operation Metal, which was responsible for the curfew should be in orders in and around Harmandir Sahib complex.
After the Operation Blue Star 4000 rebellious Sikh soldiers charged pan-India against the government., as it hurt their religious sentiment.
It is controversial that CBI seized historical artefacts during operation blue star in the Sikh Reference Library, which was burned later.
Historians have compared Operation Blue Star to ‘the great massacre’ by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an Afghan invader in1762.
These days it more closely resembles a city of death,” said Time magazine reported the condition of Amritsar in November 1983.
The Operation Blue Star led to the date of the Iron lady and former prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi’s death. Indira was murdered by her Sikh Bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh on 31 October 1984.
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First published: 6 June 2018, 12:03 IST
