It was to avert communal violence — in fact, to save the Sikhs of India — that Mrs Gandhi finally ordered Operation Bluestar. The government decided to enter the Golden Temple first because it ...

This 1984 article published in TOI by the journalist and author suggests that the attack, timed to provoke Hindu-Sikh tensions ... against militants in the Golden Temple earlier that year).

Sikh activists marched 350 miles across California in October to mark the 40th anniversary of a massacre and call for ...

That is when former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sent the army to occupy the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh sites, to rout out separatists who were agitating for their own Sikh state ...

Earlier in 1984, Gandhi had ordered military action against The Golden Temple in Amritsar, where many Sikhs were killed. About 400 people, including soldiers and pilgrims, were killed during the army ...

Earlier in 1984, Gandhi had ordered military action against The Golden Temple in Amritsar, where many Sikhs were killed. About 400 people, including soldiers and pilgrims, were killed during the ...

Forty years on, victims of the violence after prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination still seek justice.