Amritsar, June 4 – Members of Sikh radical organization, Sikh Youth Federation Bhindranwala and their supporters hold posters and shout slogans during a march today taken out to mark the 30th anniversary of Operation Blue Star in Amritsar, India.
Operation Blue Star, which took place from 03 to 08 June 1984 saw the Indian Army storm the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines to flush out militants and arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a Sikh leader and his followers who had initiated a movement for a separate Sikh state.
Hundreds were left dead following the operation.
Photo: EPA
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