The Indian army’s attack on June 3-61984 on Harmandir Sahib and other Sikh Gurdwaras was 4 cataclysmic events in Sikh history.
We still feel the hobbled nailed boots of the invading army on our souls. Yet only a few in the west will ever know about this terrible tragedy. It is a pity and what is worse is that of those few Most are ill informed about the virtual genocide that against the Sikhs that is taking place since then
It was a pre-planned attack on the Sikh religion; executed in a orchestrated manner and the day was carefully chosen. It was the martyrdom day of the fifth Guru Arjun Dev Ji when thousands came to the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple). Thousands of innocent men women and children died
Yet India succeeded at that time in making the world believe through a disinformation campaign that Sikhs were terrorists. All news from Punjab was banned. Only recently have Congressmen like Norman Shumway Wally Herger Gary Condit and Dan Burton exposed the true nature of the state terrorism against the Sikhs in India. Amnesty International has exposed the violation of the human rights of the Sikhs in Punjab.
Indira and then Rajiv Gandhi justified the brutal attack by equating Hinduism with being Indian and the Sikhs as outsiders and separatists they sought to consolidate her hold in the Hindus by this barbaric act.
Not only this Sikh reference library and Museum were destroyed a few days later. The invading army sought to obliterate Sikh history heritage culture and identity
Never again will the Sikhs be caught off guard. They have always been outnumbered but they have always been victorious. KHALISTAN ZINDABAD!
Article extracted from this publication >> June 7, 1991
