The 1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom was triggered by the assassination of Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, by 2 of her bodyguards. The assassination itself was in retaliation for Operation Bluestar, in which the Indian Army attacked the Golden Temple, Harimandir Sahib, the holiest Sikh shrine. Over the next four days, as many as 15,000 Sikhs were killed in retaliatory attacks. The most affected regions were neighborhoods in Delhi.
On November 1, 1984, large organised mobs with lists of Sikh homes, businesses & temples descended on eastern and central Delhi. Sultanpuri, Mangolpuri, Trilokpuri, and other Trans-Yamuna areas of Delhi were the worst affected. The mobs carried iron rods, knives, clubs, and combustible material, including kerosene. They used voters' lists, allegedly provided,by the politicians themselves, to identify houses and business establishments owned by Sikhs. The mobs swarmed into Sikh neighborhoods, arbitrarily killing any Sikh men they could find. Their shops and houses were ransacked and burned. In other incidents, armed mobs stopped buses and trains, in and around Delhi, pulling out Sikh passengers to be lynched or doused with kerosene and burnt.
Then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, son of Indira Gandhi, made a statement at Boat Club in New Delhi on 19 November 1984, on the birthday of Indira Gandhi, "Some riots took place in the country following the murder of Indiraji. We know the people were very angry and for a few days it seemed that India had been shaken. But, when a mighty tree falls, it is only natural that the earth around it does shake a little.."
The government destroyed evidence and shielded the guilty. The Asian Age front page story called the government actions "the Mother of all Cover-ups". Violence was led and often perpetrated by the Indian National Congress activists and sympathizers during the pogrom. The ruling government party and even opposition were complicit in both the pogrom and maintaining silence rather than outrage against the massacre.
Ten commissions of enquiry and committees have so far inquired into the pogrom. Many of the primary accused were acquitted or never charge-sheeted.
Quotations I felt like a refugee in my country. In fact, I felt like a Jew in Nazi Germany. (Khushwant Singh). Criminally led hoodlums killed Sikhs, looted or burnt homes and properties while the police twiddled their thumbs. (India Today, November 15, 1984) I was told, You appoint another committee to identify the people but HKL Bhagat is not involved. (Advocate Harvinder Singh Phoolka)
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just shut up your fucking moron be happy that you live and don't call us dirtbags if u lived under 1984 and u were a sikh then we would se who is a dirtbag
How the fuck can indira the mother of india let all that happend if their were terrorist punjab somewhere atleast they didn't terrorize punjab. I have no clue what is the truth. why was operation blue star taking place? why did they assinate her? why didn't the mob atttacks stop?
tamil tigers is not a "hindu ideology" promoted group. alot of Tamil Tigers are actually christian so i dont know where you get this hindu thing. even 1984 wasnt a religious matter. but just like all jerks you and your gang of khalistanis living abroad have to dump the mess on us hindus who have nothing do with it.
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those who are involved in the state sponsored killings who makes them sit in cabinet india
those who shatter peoples heart n left with nothing n try to get their way by a bribe also india the so called biggest democracy
singhoo jaago te ehna di bhajjii mohroo
Sikhs, we must unite and fight for our legitimate rights! Forget any mutual differences and focus on Panthic unity. God bless all!