Operation Blue Star
After his dismissal, Shabeg Singh joined Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. He organised the Khalistan activists present at the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar in June 1984. He was killed in Operation Blue Star, the Indian Army's action on the Golden Temple complex to eliminate the militants.
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