1984: Damage To Akal Takht During Operation Blue Star
Known as the 1984 Ghallugara (Great holocaust), on June 6, 1984 the Indian Army stormed the Golden Temple, even bringing its tanks onto the Parikrama during the Operation Blue Star.Operation Bluestar was launched to defeat sikh terrorism that was unfolding havoc in India.
Maj. Gen. Kuldip Singh Brar who was in command of the operation requested tanks after an APC was destroyed by a rocket fired by a Sikh militant. His request was granted and seven tanks rolled into the Golden Temple complex. They cleared the ramparts and later assaulted the Akal Takht in order to neutralize the militants remaining in the structure.It took 6 days to complete the operation in which militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikhs were killed. Bhai Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the militant leader has been declared as a martyr who sacrificed his life for the Sikh Nation. Akal Takht, the supreme temporal authority of Sikhs, has made this declaration and a big photo of his is put in the National Sikh Museum in Darbar Sahib Complex, Amritsar.
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