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  Operation Blue Star was a 'mistake'; Indira Gandhi paid with her life: P Chidambaram

  India | October 12, 2025 12:38 IST

  P Chidambaram made the remarks while speaking at a discussion on 'They Will Shoot You, Madam', a book by journalist Harinder Baweja, at the Khushwant Singh Literature Festival in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli.

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  Sikh youth confronts Rahul Gandhi over Operation Blue Star and 1984 riots during US event | Video

  India | May 04, 2025 18:55 IST

  The heated but civil exchange has reignited political debate around the Congress’s legacy and its relationship with the Sikh community, particularly in the wake of renewed attempts by the party to present a more inclusive and accountable image.

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  Pro-Khalistani slogans raised at Golden Temple on 40th anniversary of Operation Bluestar

  India | June 06, 2024 11:48 IST

  Pro-Khalistani slogans were raised inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the 40th anniversary of Operation Bluestar.

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  Canada: Tableau depicting Indira Gandhi's assassination by Sikh bodyguards sparks outrage in India

  World | June 07, 2023 23:07 IST

  The parade was purportedly organised by the Khalistani groups in Canada-- nearly two days before the anniversary of "Operation BlueStar".

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  Operation Bluestar anniversary: Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Golden Temple | WATCH

  India | June 06, 2023 11:19 IST

  Supporters of the Khalistani movement raised slogans in favour of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale on the 39th anniversary of Operation Bluestar.

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  Operation Blue Star anniversary: Know all about 1984 military operation at Golden Temple

  India | June 06, 2022 10:56 IST

  Operation Bluestar was ordered by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at the height of the Sikh militant struggle for a separate state (Khalistan) to flush out armed militants led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale from the Golden Temple.

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  Punjab CM holds closed-door meeting with Akal Takht Jathedar

  India | June 05, 2022 18:20 IST

  Security has been beefed up in the city as a large number of Sikh devotees are expected to throng the Akal Takht on June 6. The Army had carried out Operation Bluestar in June 1984 to flush out militants from the Golden Temple complex.

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  Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Golden Temple on 37th anniversary of Operation Bluestar

  India | June 06, 2021 13:43 IST

  Supporters of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann) raised pro-Khalistan slogans at the Golden Temple on the 37th anniversary of Operation Bluestar on Sunday.

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  Turbans tossed, swords brandished at Golden Temple on Operation Bluestar anniversary

  India | June 06, 2019 11:45 IST

  The prayers were to mark the anniversary of Operation Bluestar that was carried out in June 1984 by the Indian Army to flush out heavily armed terrorists from inside the Golden Temple complex.

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  Security tightened up in Amritsar ahead of Operation Blue Star anniversary

  India | June 05, 2019 20:43 IST

  Amritsar has turned into a virtual fortress ahead of the 35th anniversary of Operation Blue Star on June 6, with more than 3,000 security personnel deployed and police maintaining a hawk-eyed vigil in sensitive areas.

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  Delhi BJP MLA demands apology from Centre for 'Operation Blue Star', defends Bhindranwale

  India | June 04, 2019 22:34 IST

  Delhi BJP MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa courted controversy on Tuesday after he defended Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers and demanded an apology from the Centre for conducting 'Operation Blue Star' in which they were killed.

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  Make Operation Bluestar files public: UK judge to British govt

  World | June 12, 2018 22:19 IST

  In 2014, UK government documents declassified under the 30-year rule to make such material public had revealed that British military advice was given to Indian forces prior to the Bluestar.  

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  Operation Bluestar anniversary: All India Sikh Students Federation raises pro-Khalistan slogans

  India | June 06, 2018 10:05 IST

  Meanwhile, security was tightened outside the temple in the wake of the anniversary. Several companies of paramilitary forces and Punjab police were deployed across the city to maintain law and order.

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  Operation Blue Star anniversary: Security tightened outside Golden Temple

  India | June 06, 2018 9:27 IST

  Operation Blue Star, an Indian military operation occurred between 1 June and 8 June in 1984. It was ordered by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

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  Operation Bluestar was ‘mischievous blunder’, says BJP leader Subramanian Swamy

  India | April 30, 2018 14:51 IST

  Operation Blustar was carried out inside the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar in 1984 to flush out militants who were hiding there.

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  Operation Bluestar anniversary: Pro-Khalistan slogans raised in Golden Temple complex

  India | June 06, 2017 13:45 IST

  Sikh hardliners today raised provocative pro-Khalistan slogans in the premises of the Golden Temple complex.

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  Security tightened in Punjab on Operation Bluestar anniversary, Amritsar turned into a fortress

  India | June 06, 2016 9:06 IST

  Amritsar: On the occasion of 32nd anniversary of Operation Bluestar on Monday, security has been beefed up across Punjab with Amritsar turning into a virtual fortress. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani

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  Media free to enter Golden Temple on Operation Bluestar Anniversary: SGPC

  India | June 05, 2016 13:44 IST

  President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Avtar Singh Makkar today announced that press is allowed to do its job inside the gurudwara.

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  Operation Bluestar anniversary: Police detain radical leaders, SGPC bans media in Golden Temple on June 6

  India | June 05, 2016 9:01 IST

  Amritsar: Punjab Police on Saturday conducted raids across the state and detained several radical leaders ahead of the 32nd anniversary of Operation Bluestar, as a preventive measure to maintain law and order. Three Sikh hardliners,

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  31 years after 'Blue Star', Bhindranwale still hero for Jammu Sikhs

  India | June 07, 2015 14:19 IST

  Jammu: Thirty-one years after he was killed in ‘Operation Blue Star' in Amritsar, Punjab, separatist militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale is still regarded as a martyr and ‘sant' by Sikhs living in Jammu.Sant Tejwant Singh, the