Jarnail singh bhindranwale and indira gandhi biography

Indian military operation against Sikh militants

Operation Blue Star was a military operation conducted by the Indian Armed Forces from 1 and 10 June to remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh militants from the Golden Temple, Amritsar.

A long-standing movement advocating for greater political rights for the Sikh community had previously existed in the Indian state of Punjab, and in , Sikh activists presented the Indian government with the Anandpur Sahib Resolution, a list of demands for greater autonomy for Punjab.

The resolution was rejected by the Indian government. In July , Harchand Singh Longowal, the president of the Sikh political party Shiromani Akali Dal, invited Bhindranwale, who was wanted by authorities, to take up residence in the Golden Temple to evade arrest.^{[25]:&#;&#;[26]} Bhindranwale had organized killer squads to eliminate supposed enemies of Sikhism.^[27] From the Harmandir Sahib complex, B