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White Paper on Punjab Agitation by GOVERNMENT OF INDIA is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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On 3 June 1984, the leader of the Akali Dal, Sant Jarnail Singh Longowal made an announcement for launching a state-wide morcha to prevent movement of food grains. This date coincided with the Martyr day of Guru Arjan Dev. As it was expected that the religious congregation would create chaotic conditions, the Central Government deployed large Army forces in the Golden Temple complex. This led to the gun battle for 7 hours between the militants under the control of Bhindranwale and the security forces. This enabled the armed forces to flush out the militants hiding in the Golden Temple and other religious places. According to the report by the Government reveled that the death toll during the operation as 92 soldiers, 554 civilians and militants. Operation Blue Star was followed by Operation Wood Rose that was undertaken after a few months of Operation Blue Star with the objective to clear the rural areas from militant elements. The Dal Khalsa was established in India on 13 April 1978 with the objective of creating an independent sovereign Sikh state based on the ideas of Giani Bakshish Singh, a pro-Naxalite leader of Birmingham, United Kingdom (UK). This outfit advocates in usage o

Who reads White Paper on Punjab Agitation?

Author

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

Publisher

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

Published

1984

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Government & Politics, Social_sciences