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As the sun rose on 7 June 1984, piles of dead bodies of Sikh women, children and men blanketed the Parikrama of Sri Darbar Sahib. Blood covered the walls and floors of Sikhs’ holiest of shrines. The water in the holy Sarovar had turned a deep shade of red. 
Injured pilgrims' cries of pain echoed across the Darbar Sahib complex. In complete violation of the Geneva Convention and the UN Charter, Red Cross volunteers were not allowed to enter the complex to provide medical aid to the injured civilians.
Sikh pilgrims who asked for water, having gone without it for days, were forced to drink water that was mixed with blood.
The scenes described in eye witness accounts were those of brutality, depravity and unimaginable horrors.
The scenes described in eye witness accounts were those of brutality, depravity and unimaginable horrors.
The Indian Army fired cannons at Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Sikhs’ highest temporal throne & authority, until the morning of 6 June, 1984.
13 tanks, intended for fighting India’s enemies, had instead been used to slaughter India’s own citizens; thousands of innocent Sikh civilians.
13 tanks, intended for fighting India’s enemies, had instead been used to slaughter India’s own citizens; thousands of innocent Sikh civilians.
At 7.30am, Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale, surrounded by Bhai Amrik Singh Ji and 40 brave Sikh warriors, offered what was to be his final Ardas. He promised that he would attain Shaheedi defending Sri Akal Takht Sahib.
Sant Ji prayed to be reborn to keep dying fighting against oppression, until the Sikh Panth is free from slavery.
Hours later, shouting Jaikaras and firing at Indian Army tanks, Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale, stayed true to his promise.
Hours later, shouting Jaikaras and firing at Indian Army tanks, Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale, stayed true to his promise.
On 5 June 1984, the Indian Army continued their relentless firing at the Sri Darbar Sahib complex and over 10,000 Sikhs trapped inside. At 6.30am, their bullets hit and killed Amrik Singh, the 65 year old blind Head Ragi. Another Ragi, Avtar Singh, took a fatal bullet soon after.
Helicopters continued to circle above, spraying the Darbar Sahib complex with artillery fire, killing Sikh civilians indiscriminately. At 11.30am, the water tank inside the complex was fired at, and then bombed, completely destroying it.
The valiant Sikh warriors who had taken positions beneath the tank while defending the complex attained Shaheedi.
The Indian Army continued their attack until evening, unable to break through the defence the brave Sikh warriors had mounted to protect their holy shrine.
The Indian Army continued their attack until evening, unable to break through the defence the brave Sikh warriors had mounted to protect their holy shrine.
On 4 June 1984, while most of Punjab was still asleep, Amritsar residents woke to the sounds of a war zone. At 4.40am, an Army rocket fired from a shoulder-held launcher, slammed into Sri Akal Takht Sahib; the very heart of Sikhi and our highest temporal throne and authority.
Two more rocket blasts shortly followed, shattering the serenity of the Sikh holy city. Witnesses described the impact of the blasts as being so strong that they thought the whole complex had collapsed. After this the ferocity of the firing escalated throughout the day, unabated.
There was no public announcement from the Army prior to the shelling. No opportunity for safe exit from the Darbar Sahib complex was provided to over 10k innocent and unarmed Sikh men, women and children who had been deliberately trapped in the complex by the Army the day before.
3 June 1984 was observed as the Shaheedi Diwas (Martyrdom Day) of Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji, the fifth Sikh Guru. Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from across Punjab, India and the world had gathered at Sri Darbar Sahib to pay obeisance and bathe in the holy Sarovar.
They had been allowed to enter freely by the Indian Army, who had surrounded the complex and had full knowledge of the destruction and devastation they were going to inflict upon these unarmed civilians in the coming days.
Most international journalists had been expelled from the city the day before, rounded up by the military and taken to Delhi on buses. The remaining domestic journalists were allowed to move in and out of the Darbar Sahib complex until the afternoon of June 3.
On the surface, 2 June 1984 appeared to be uneventful with no firing or curfew. This turned out to be a facade of calm used to prepare for the storm of destruction, desecration, unimaginable violence and horrific human rights violations inflicted on the Sikh population by the
barbaric Indian state and its Army.
On the morning of 2 June a team of five reporters, including the BBC’s Mark Tully, came to Darbar Sahib to report on the events of the day before. They were taken around the complex and shown the damage caused by the Army’s unprovoked firing;
On the morning of 2 June a team of five reporters, including the BBC’s Mark Tully, came to Darbar Sahib to report on the events of the day before. They were taken around the complex and shown the damage caused by the Army’s unprovoked firing;
34 large wounds caused by bullets on all sides of Darbar Sahib, some of them as big as 3 inches in diameter.
Sikhs from across Punjab began arriving at Darbar Sahib in large numbers as the next day, 3 June, was the Shaheedi Diwas (Martyrdom Day) of Sri Guru Arjan Dev ji.
Sikhs from across Punjab began arriving at Darbar Sahib in large numbers as the next day, 3 June, was the Shaheedi Diwas (Martyrdom Day) of Sri Guru Arjan Dev ji.
Today marks 39 years since the Brahmanical Indian state declared war on Sikhs in an attack that was given the codename Operation Bluestar. In the lead up to June 1984, up to 160k troops consisting of 7 divisions, were deployed to Punjab equipped with tanks & helicopter gunships.
Under the false pretext of apprehending ‘militants’ and ‘terrorists’, the Indian state used its army to unleash 10 days of terror, bloodshed and horrendous human rights abuses, unprecedented in post-independence India.
Punjab was sealed off from the rest of the world, journalists were expelled, and a complete communication blackout was enforced, ensuring there were minimal witnesses to the carnage and horror conducted by the Indian state against the Sikh population.
June 3rd 1984 #NeverForget1984
THE FIERCE AND FORTIFIED KHALSA
Sikh fighters remain vigilant in their elevated positions around the Parkarma. Sant Jarnail Singh Ji and the military commander of the Khalsa Fauj General Shabeg Singh lead the defence from Sri Akal Takhat.
THE FIERCE AND FORTIFIED KHALSA
Sikh fighters remain vigilant in their elevated positions around the Parkarma. Sant Jarnail Singh Ji and the military commander of the Khalsa Fauj General Shabeg Singh lead the defence from Sri Akal Takhat.
The Khalsa Fauj knew the main attack was imminent. All necessary fortifications were made in strategic buildings, including Sri Akal Takht, Darshani Deori,
the Parkarma and the Ramgharia Bungeh, which alongside the water tank near Guru Ram Das Serai and Teja Samundri Hall, served as the vantage points for the Sikh fighters.
ਭਾਗ - 2
ਆਤਮਾਂ ਨੇ ਸਫਰ ਕੀਤਾ, ਦੋਹੇਂ ਮਾਂ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਨੂੰ ਸੋਢੀ ਸੱਚੇ ਪਾਤਸ਼ਾਹ ਧੰਨ ਗੁਰੂ ਰਾਮਦਾਸ ਜੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਦਰ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਆਏ। ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੋਹਾਂ ਮੱਥਾ ਟੇਕਿਆ, ਘੇਰਾ ਹੋਰ ਸਖਤ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ। ਮੁਗਲ ਸਿਪਾਹੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਲਿਬਾਸ ਬਦਲੇ ਤੇ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਫੌਜ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਰਦੀਆਂ ਪਾ ਲਈਆਂ। ਬਾਲ ਆਪਣੀ ਮਾਤਾ ਨਾਲ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਵਿਚ ਚਲਾ ਗਿਆ। "ਹੁਣ ਕੀ ਹੋਊਗਾ ਅੰਮੀਂ?"
ਆਤਮਾਂ ਨੇ ਸਫਰ ਕੀਤਾ, ਦੋਹੇਂ ਮਾਂ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਨੂੰ ਸੋਢੀ ਸੱਚੇ ਪਾਤਸ਼ਾਹ ਧੰਨ ਗੁਰੂ ਰਾਮਦਾਸ ਜੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਦਰ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਆਏ। ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੋਹਾਂ ਮੱਥਾ ਟੇਕਿਆ, ਘੇਰਾ ਹੋਰ ਸਖਤ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ। ਮੁਗਲ ਸਿਪਾਹੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਲਿਬਾਸ ਬਦਲੇ ਤੇ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਫੌਜ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਰਦੀਆਂ ਪਾ ਲਈਆਂ। ਬਾਲ ਆਪਣੀ ਮਾਤਾ ਨਾਲ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਵਿਚ ਚਲਾ ਗਿਆ। "ਹੁਣ ਕੀ ਹੋਊਗਾ ਅੰਮੀਂ?"
"ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤਾਂ ਪੁੱਤਰ... ਮਹਾਨ ਕੁਰਬਾਨੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਕੌਮ ਦੀ ਝੋਲੀ ਭਰੇਗੀ", ਮਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਲਾਲੀ ਸੀ। "ਮਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾਂ..?"
"ਤੂੰ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਹੀ ਹੈਂ ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਜੀਹਦੇ ਮਨ ਵਿਚ ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਆ ਗਈ, ਉਹ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਹੀ ਆ।"
"ਨਹੀਂ ਮਾਂ, ਮੈਂ ਅਰਦਾਸ ਕਰਨੀ ਹੈ, ਏਥੋਂ ਦਰਬਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿਸਦਾ। ਮੈਂ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਦੀ ਛੱਤ 'ਤੇ
"ਤੂੰ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਹੀ ਹੈਂ ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਜੀਹਦੇ ਮਨ ਵਿਚ ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਆ ਗਈ, ਉਹ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਹੀ ਆ।"
"ਨਹੀਂ ਮਾਂ, ਮੈਂ ਅਰਦਾਸ ਕਰਨੀ ਹੈ, ਏਥੋਂ ਦਰਬਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿਸਦਾ। ਮੈਂ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਦੀ ਛੱਤ 'ਤੇ
ਜਾ ਕੇ ਅਰਦਾਸ ਕਰਨੀ ਹੈ।", ਕੁਝ ਪਲ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਪਰਕਰਮਾਂ ਦੇ ਰਾਖਿਆਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਕਹੀਆਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਕਰਕੇ ਹੁਣ ਮਾਂ ਬੱਚੇ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਤ 'ਤੇ ਜਾਣ ਤੋਂ ਰੋਕ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦੀ ਸੀ। ਬਾਲ ਛੱਤ 'ਤੇ ਗਿਆ। ਕੁਝ ਦੂਰ ਬਾਬਾ ਅਟੱਲ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਸਿਖਰਲੀ ਚੋਟੀ 'ਤੇ ਇਕ ਸਿੰਘ 'ਦਰਬਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ' ਕੰਨੀਂ ਹੱਥ ਜੋੜੀ ਖਲੋਤਾ ਸੀ। ਇਹ ਉਹੀ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੀ, ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਦਿਨ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ
India is a #StateSponsorOfGenocide
It wasn't only that the government of the day orchestrated #SikhGenocide1984
or that the police actively participated in the pogrom,
or that victims and survivors were denied justice,
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It wasn't only that the government of the day orchestrated #SikhGenocide1984
or that the police actively participated in the pogrom,
or that victims and survivors were denied justice,
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or that perpetrators of genocide were protected & rewarded,
or that successive govts used #SikhGenocide1984 as a political football,
or that the electorate rewarded the party responsible for the genocide with a record victory in the immediate aftermath of the pogroms,
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or that successive govts used #SikhGenocide1984 as a political football,
or that the electorate rewarded the party responsible for the genocide with a record victory in the immediate aftermath of the pogroms,
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or that the persecution of my people continues till day,
or that the state arbitrarily detains those who remind others of the atrocities by it.
It is all these things that makes India a state sponsor of Genocide.
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or that the state arbitrarily detains those who remind others of the atrocities by it.
It is all these things that makes India a state sponsor of Genocide.
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"#PunjabDay" has become a calendarised event crowbarred into the #SikhGenocide1984 week. A definite distraction!
The process over 37 years has been designed by the state to protect the guilty, protect those who had power to orchestrate all facets of state machinery.
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The process over 37 years has been designed by the state to protect the guilty, protect those who had power to orchestrate all facets of state machinery.
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Every part of what constitutes a state - the government, the political classes, the judiciary, the security services and the media were pitted against the entire Sikh community in a sickening example of collective punishment.
The same state machinery has done all in its power in the intervening years to protect architects, orchestrators, those who turned hatred into bloody massacres - it continues to protect its own until this day, offering up minions as sacrifice isn’t justice, it’s empty symbolism.
Why is anyone surprised, shocked?
Congress top tier including Gandhi family planned #SikhGenocide1984
Second tier Congress leaders were the enablers, and lower rung workers the executors of the #SikhGenocide1984, of course with encouragement from the RW
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Congress top tier including Gandhi family planned #SikhGenocide1984
Second tier Congress leaders were the enablers, and lower rung workers the executors of the #SikhGenocide1984, of course with encouragement from the RW
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Congress used state agencies, including the CBI to protect the guilty. When guilty went in front of courts it bent the judiciary to its will to either acquit them or delay decisions or to minimize sentences.
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Congress, with Gandhis at the helm handsomely rewarded those who helped it execute the genocide. If they were not made cabinet ministers, they were given high posts within the party management/executive. Kamal Nath was once touted as the one to lead Congress in Pb elections.
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#Sikhs 🙏 (1/a)
formidable Shield to Akhand Bhrata & Hinduism. The age old emotional & Spiritual attachment between Hindus & Sikhs further strengthen during 1947-partition. But the #1984SikhGenocide planned to aid Islamic agenda & to break the bond between Hindus & Sikhs.
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formidable Shield to Akhand Bhrata & Hinduism. The age old emotional & Spiritual attachment between Hindus & Sikhs further strengthen during 1947-partition. But the #1984SikhGenocide planned to aid Islamic agenda & to break the bond between Hindus & Sikhs.
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#Sikhs 🙏 (1/b)
I will not share anything new but some excerpts from Punjab Tragedy (1948) & Rawalpindi plots (Unknown author) only to Link the gen0cide of Sikhs & Hindus by Muzlims to the 1984 genocide by Congress.
Plz read the thread.
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I will not share anything new but some excerpts from Punjab Tragedy (1948) & Rawalpindi plots (Unknown author) only to Link the gen0cide of Sikhs & Hindus by Muzlims to the 1984 genocide by Congress.
Plz read the thread.
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#Sikhs 🙏 (1/c)
The Mass K(i)lling of Skihs during Partition in Rawalpinidi & Punjab has similar nature. Everywhere Muzlims & then Jinnah's Henchmen Now (1984) #RajivGandhi's Henchmen Carried out the Carnage.
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The Mass K(i)lling of Skihs during Partition in Rawalpinidi & Punjab has similar nature. Everywhere Muzlims & then Jinnah's Henchmen Now (1984) #RajivGandhi's Henchmen Carried out the Carnage.
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