I was lying down in my bed as I am ill and started to think about the dark history of June 1984. For those who do not understand what I am talking about please do read the rest of this blog to find out.
Operation Bluestar was a military operation ordered by the twisted Indira Gandhi who was Prime minister of India at that time to attack Sri Harimandir Sahib (The Golden Temple) in order to halt the growing Khalistani movement which was led by Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale, arguably the greatest Sikh leader of the 21st century! Incase you are wondering, the Khalistani movement was the movement which was led by Sant Ji in order to gain a seperate state within India ( mainly askinf for the majority of Punjab) for the Sikh nation . It only seems fair as Pakistan was the homeland to Pakistani's, India was the homeland to the Hindu nation so why weren't we given Khalistan after it was promised to us by the government on more than one occasion? The Indian Army stormed the Sri Harimandir Sahib complex armed with weapons and tank vehicles however the brave Sikhs were also armed in order to defend the complex and to defend a nation! The brave lions of the Khalsa Panth fought vigorously against the Indian army which lasted from the 3rd June till the 6th June 1984. The total casualties of the army were 83 deaths and the number of civilian deaths at 492, though some independent estimates run as high as 1500. These civilians were innocent Sikh men, women and children as well as the freedom fighters of the Khalistani movement. 
The Akhal Takht was desicrated by the Indian Army who fired at the sacred shrine with tanks. The Akhal Takht is the equivalent to Mecca for the Islamic nation or The Vatican which is the sacred shrine home to the catholics. Now tell me how would you feel if your sacred home of worship had come under attack and been desicrated by the orders of the government? Our living Guru, Guru Granth Sahib Ji again the equivalent to the Qu'aran or the Holy Bible was shot at by the Indian Army leaving bullet holes and damaging the holy scriptures. In addition, the CBI is considered responsible for seizing historical artifacts and manuscripts in the Sikh Reference Library before burning it down. When you hear the word Army you normally associate them with the words safe and protection, but on those three dark days we had them attacking us, how can this be justified? Here is an image of the damage done by the Indian Army on our sacred shrine, which even till this day fills me with a range of emotions, anger for the fact it actually happened, sadness for the fact that they could do it. According to Joyce Pettigrew, in her 1995 book, The Sikhs of the Punjab: Unheard Voices of State and Guerrilla Violence: “The army went into the Darbar Sahib not to eliminate a political figure or a political movement but to suppress the culture of a people, to attack their heart, to strike a blow at their spirit and self-confidence.”
India which is meant to be known for being the 'Largest democracy in the world' praised acts such as this. Ask yourself this, If your spiritual home was under attack, if your nation was under attack, wouldn't you do something to prevent this? There is one clear message from this attack, the Sikh nation is not welcome in India. Time and time again they have tried to wipe out the Sikhs and have always failed. Never forget 84! Please watch this if you want to know, indepth of the 84 attacks!
I will be writing about the Dehli massacre of the Sikhs in 1984 after the assassination of Indira Gandhi tomorrow! Till then please do read and watch the link i have posted.
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh
Vikramjit Singh Dosanjh
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