UK documents on Operation Bluestar: Time to probe Indira Gandhi’s role

Thirty years ago Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the head of the Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal, had turned the GoldenTemple into a fortress. Firmans of violence and death were issued from the holy shrine.  On the night of 4 June the Army attacked. Codenamed Bluestar, the controversial operation ran into stiff resistance, armoured vehicles were brought in and the ensuing damage to the shrine left a community and a country at odds. It took a decade for peace to be restored to Punjab, it has taken much longer to even consider the possibility of reconciliation.

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