Sept. 2 Akali Dal (Panthic) calls upon all concerned to honor all promises made to the Sikhs before 1947. 3. Frantic search for women candidates for the SGPC polls because this time, 30 seats are reserved for women. 5. Notification issued for the SGPC polls. To be held on October 13, 1996.

  1. Grievances cell set up for victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in Delhi High Court orders an enhanced compensation of Rs 3.5 lakh per vacuum. 7. Punjab and Haryana High Count orders CRPF security cover for Kulbir Kaur Dhami, wife of Bhai Kanwar Singh Dhami. 10. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa quits Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) in protest against “unjust distribution” of seats. 11. Rajya Sabha members demand that special courts be set up to deal with the 1984 anti-Sikh violence cases and punish the guilty. Elders express distress that people involved in the massacre of Sikhs have still not been tried and punished.
  2. Death penalty announced for Kishor, a butcher, responsible for murder of Sikhs in Trilokpuri, Delhi, during the 1984 Anti-Sikh violence.
  3. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa withdraws resignation after appeal by Parkash Singh Badal. 14. Punjab and Haryana High Court orders Darshan Singh, DSP Nabha, to pay Rs 50,000 to Mrs. Surjit Kaur for illegally retaining and torturing her husband, Kartar Singh. 15. Sukhjinder Singh, former Punjab Education minister, quits Akali Dal (Badal). 16. SAD (Badal) announces support for the BJP in UP Assembly elections. 19. Central government announces payment of Rs 84.61 crore to the next of kin of 2,564 persons killed in the November 1984 anti-Sikh violence in Delhi. Court ordered individual compensation is Rs 3.5 lakh. Till now only Rs 20,000 was paid to each victim’s family. 23. Gurcharan Singh Tohra launches campaign for SGPC poll.
  4. Former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat seeks transfer of case in which he is facing murder charges from the court of Additional Judge S.N. Dhingra, who has convicted 89 persons for their involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in Delhi.
  5. Zail Singh was kept in dark about Operation Bluestar, the Indian Army’s assault on the

Golden Temple, Amritsar, say a forthcoming book of his memoires.

Article extracted from this publication >>  October 9, 1996