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I am not making any claim of Hindu or caste supremacy. what i am saying is that there is hardly any difference between the ways Hindus and Sikhs took on their adversaries. You are being extremely selective in interpreting history and making sweeping generalisations. I would not call the bombing of Air India planes as 'Sikh bravery'. even though if you are USING Delhi riots (which i may have condemned thousand times) as a tool to denigrate Hindus, you are absolutely wrong. The Delhi killers did not kill because of their faith. They did not kill shouting Har har mahadevs. The killers included large number of Muslims and the so-called Dalits.

Air india bombing, on the other hand, was done by cold-blooded killers for their faith. i would still consider it as an act of deluded psychopaths and would not use broad brush to paint the whole community as khali lowlifes.

Sikhs were killed all over India not just in Delhi and there were many anti Sikh riots after that.

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You are indirectly if you do not bring into perspective the atrocities committed by CM beant singh and his gang of terrorists.

Beant Singh became CM in 1992 and by 1993 terrorism died its own disgusting death. How many Sikh youth (terrorists and innocents) died under regime? the number is around 3000 (total dead 1981 -1999 = 8094). the number of civilians killed by the terrorists in the same period was around 1500 (total = 11752) while 262 (total 1748) police men were also killed by the Paki supported terrorists.

Though the number of terrorists killed in Beant Singh era was unusually high, the peace brought by their elimination was priceless. Those who do randi siyapa over the "comprehensive defeat" of the terrorists, need to answer this question: what was the fault of those 12,000 innocent civilians butchered by Sikh terrorists.

http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/punjab/data_sheets/monthwise_civil_security_terror_killed.htm

the punjab which was spinning out of control just before Beant Singh took over, witnssed zero or near zero civilian casualties for 24 months (out of total 45 months) under him.

Canadian government has quoted many newspapers and international orgs to compile this report on Khali scums who killed among others innocent children and women:

http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/504f371b2.pdf

Peace achieved from the blood of innocents is short lived. Glory on the blood of innocents is false.

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Riots were isolated, not a nation wide phenomenon. Places like Bombay, Calcutta, madras.. Sikhs were protected. Bombay Shiv Sena protected Sikhs, well-recorded fact. in such cases, sikhs would have been finished in one day. many sikh riots after that... Hindus were killed in punjab for over 15 years by khali terrorists you eulogise everyday.

http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/10bal.htm

Wrong.

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you have been peddling this victimhood industry for over three decades. generations have grown after that attack on the Nirankari samagam by AKJ and taksali fanatics in 1978. 1000s of innocents massacred by loonies whose photographs u display in gurdwaras controlled by the loony fringe. to quote from that memorable movie Muriel's wedding: You are terrible, Muriel'.

Victimhood? This is what the likes of you want to dream. I am just stating what is I believe any sane human would agree to at-least.

Your hate for Sikhs is at par with what the al-qaeda, ISIS etc hate the West.

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Thanks for sharing this . There are many more such incidents which were never reported . In 1986 Sikhs were again attacked in Delhi new Tihar jail areas .

Request all of you share these incidents and let people know Sikhs were attacked after 1984 .

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you have been peddling this victimhood industry for over three decades. generations have grown after that attack on the Nirankari samagam by AKJ and taksali fanatics in 1978. 1000s of innocents massacred by loonies whose photographs u display in gurdwaras controlled by the loony fringe. to quote from that memorable movie Muriel's wedding: You are terrible, Muriel'.

1000s massacred ? bullshit and i have told you before if you Hindus have not interfere in Sikhs and Nirankari issue things would have sorted out easily but you He-Man name Harbans lal comes out saying we will help Nirankraris we will teach Sikhs a lesson blah blah.

Can you share even a single incident where Sikh mob killed Hindus ? Mu me ram ram bagal me churi . Sikhs have faced two types of enemies in last 500 yrears one is muslim who openly say Sikhs are our enemies and will try settle dispute in the battlefield like a man on other hand we have Hindu who pretend to be brother but never misses opportunity to do back stabbing .

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Typical moron khaliban.

the mob violence (which i condemn without any reservations) was in retaliation of massacre of 72 (Hindu) bus passengers "by Sikh terrorists". I hope you understand the difference between 72 and 5. and this is a link YOU are giving as an evidence of the supposed Hindu atrocities.

Then 72 was retaliation of thousand killed in 1984 . Typical Hindu jihadi idiot .

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Would you consider NYT as a "credible source"?

80 innocent civilians killed by "Sikh radicals"

INDIA FINDS ITSELF CAUGHT IN A VICIOUS CYCLE OF NEW VIOLENCE

By STEVEN R. WEISMAN

Published: May 19, 1985

NEW DELHI— For the first time since the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the army patrolled the streets of this capital city last week. The people of northern India had reason to wonder whether acts of terrorism by Sikhs would soon become routine.

A wave of bombings, apparently by Sikh radicals, killed more than 80 people in crowded bus and train stations and other public places last weekend, stirring fresh antagonism between Hindus and Sikhs. The authorities expected more bombings, and there was anxiety about the security of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi after American officials said Sikhs had plotted to assassinate him on his visit to the United States next month. Yesterday the Government introduced a measure in Parliament aimed at strenghtening the punishment of terrorists.

The anguish and actions of the Sikhs, a religious sect that broke from Hinduism 500 years ago, have echoes in religious and ethnic conflict throughout South Asia. In Sri Lanka, the Government is faced with an increasingly violent insurgency by Tamils. In Karachi, Pakistan, dozens died in six days of rioting between Pathans and Biharis last month. And in the western Indian state of Gujarat, more than 120 people have been killed in clashes this spring between Hindus and Muslims and between members of upper and lower castes.

Unlike most groups that resort to violence, however, the Sikhs have long been one of India's favored minorities. With barely 2 percent of the population, Sikhs have succeeded far beyond their numbers in business, farming, military prowess and intellectual pursuits. In Punjab, the fertile and strategic northwestern state where Sikhs predominate, the green revolution in farming has brought prosperity and opportunity.

Yet even those Sikhs who deplore the violence of the radicals, including the assassination of Mrs. Gandhi by two Sikh security guards in October, say they are an exploited people. The feelings stem, experts say, from the unusual role Sikhs have played in Indian history. Sikhism was founded in Punjab by a guru who proclaimed his belief in one God and opposed the Hindu caste system. Subsequent gurus established the sect's separate identity by commanding Sikhs to remain unshaven, wrap their hair in turbans, adopt the name ''singh'' (or lion) and carry swords as a symbol of their willingness to fight for their beliefs. 9xx>Still, for centuries Sikhs and Hindus were so close that there was even a custom among many Punjabi Hindu families to bring up one son as a Sikh. The two religions were also united in opposing the Mogul emperors who ruled India before the British. But in the 19th century, following the practice of divide and rule, the British awarded land grants and military positions to Sikhs in return for their loyalty. At a time when the first stirrings of revolt were taking place among Hindus, such actions sowed the seeds of Hindu-Sikh division.

At independence, Sikhs sided with Hindus rather than the Muslims, who broke off and formed Pakistan. But so many Sikhs lost their farms when half of the Punjab was given over to Pakistan that a sense of deprivation set in. The idea of an autonomous Sikh state was the result. ''The sentiment was expressed in a single query,'' writes Khushwant Singh, the Sikh historian. ''Hindus got Hindustan. Muslims got Pakistan. What did the Sikhs get out of partition and independence?''

Sikh yearnings were rewarded in 1965, when the Indian Government altered the boundaries of the Punjab and made the Sikhs a majority. They soon demanded more autonomy and a greater share of river water for irrigation. Mainstream Sikh leaders tangled constantly with Mrs. Gandhi, and hard economic times created a pool of disaffected young people prepared to use violence to advance the cause of a new Sikh state. They were soon drawn to a fiery and charismatic fundamentalist preacher named Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.

There is evidence that Mrs. Gandhi's aides, in attempting to undercut mainstream Sikh leaders, encouraged some of the extremist followers of Mr. Bhindranwale. Later, Mr. Bhindranwale's radicals turned to assassinations and bombings, killing hundreds of Hindus and moderate Sikhs. By 1984, the killings were occurring every week and Mr. Bhindranwale had retreated to the area of the holiest Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple at Amritsar, which he used as an arms depot and sanctuary.

In spite of the violence, most moderate Sikhs in Punjab failed to denounce Mr. Bhindranwale. Some were clearly afraid of being attacked; others felt unity was more important. Whatever the reasons for their silence, it created resentment among Hindus and gave Mrs. Gandhi a potent issue. Her decision to send the army into the Golden Temple last June, which she called the most agonizing of her career, also proved to be one of the most popular. An estimated 800 Sikhs, many innocent worshippers among them, died in the raid, which touched off a cycle of revenge that came to include Mrs. Gandhi's murder and subsequent anti-Sikh rioting by Hindus that killed 2,400 Sikhs in New Delhi alone.

Today Sikhs say they cannot understand why their Hindu brethren failed to speak out against the excesses of the Golden Temple raid and the riots last fall; Hindus say they cannot understand why their Sikh brethren failed to denounce the extremists.

Last week, some Sikh leaders who had been relatively silent up to now, and some who had even praised Mr. Bhindranwale and the assassins of Mrs. Gandhi, deplored the latest killings. Mr. Gandhi called on Hindus to exercise the restraint that many failed to show after the assassination of his mother. ''The extremists want a backlash and the whole community to be alienated,'' he told Parliament. ''This is what we should avoid.''

But there is also talk among extremists of regrouping, and of violence that will inevitably breed more violence and foster an atmosphere in which wounds are never given time to heal.

Photo of bombing victim being taken into hospital (Magnum/Raghu Rai)

This is not the proof that Sikhs mob chased and killed Hindus .

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Disgusting bigot who the hell is not fighting for more irrigation waters and Chandigarh for Punjab?

While Jat wants the whole Punjab to unite in securing all the possible (and impossible) privileges for him, he also wants the right to kill them over trivial reasons.

These jat-centric, terror-loving idiots refuse to acknowledge that Punjab should reduce dependence on farming sector, time to rejuvenate the manufacturing sector. Instead of giving FREE ELECTRICITY to Punjab farms (so that they could extract the last drop of groundwater for their 'greed crop' of Basmati), why not assure that punjab industry gets regular power? while fat jats are getting free power, pay no income tax, punjab industrialist is forced to move his factory out of punjab where he would get regular (not free) power and would not be burdened with extra taxes to pay for free power and other sops to Jat.

When Bahman has no answers he start blaming Jatts . Hindu never supported agitation for Punjab water rights and Chandigarh.

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The Hindu mobs under the command of Harbans Lal Khanna did many protests against the Sikhs in Amritsar, in which the Hindu racist mobs would attack Sikhs and their businesses as well as Sikh gurudwaras. Under the command of Harbans Lal Khanna, his mobs destroyed the golden statue of Sri Darbar Sahib at Amritsar railway station and they also got the photo of Guru Ram Das Ji and burnt it with cigarettes. The slogans Harbans Lal Khanna used against the Sikhs were:

"Duki Tiki Rehen Nahi Deni
Siir Te Pagri Rehen Nahi Deni!
Kangha, Kara, Kachera, Kirpan
Ehnu Pejo Pakistan!"

Hindus have built park in the memory of this kanjar and they have problem when Sikhs have photos of their shaheed in Gurdwaras .

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The Indian law never charged Harbans Lal Khanna for his racist slogans. On 1st April 1984 from the second floor of Guru Ram Das Langar Hall, Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Bhindranwale spoke out against the attacks on Sikhs by the groups of Harbans Lal Khanna. The message Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Bhindranwale sent to Harbans Lal Khanna and the Sikh nation was:

"In Haryana 24 saroops of Guru Granth Sahib Ji were burnt. Six gurudwaras were also burnt. Twelve trucks and two cars of the Sikhs were burnt. Hundred and 25 singhs hair were forcefully cut and sent to me. Three Sikh girls were made to stand naked on the main road for 2 hours. For seven days this kept on happening. They have insulted our Sikh girls. The girls are crying, no one was saving them on the main road. Till the culprits are not punished, I will not rest. Also this message has been sent to Bhajan Lal, that he can live in the middle of the ocean but I will definitely meet him at whatever cost".

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How Khanna was sent to Hell

Bhai Sahib and Bhai Labh Singh Panjwar got ready with their motorcycle to punish Harbans Lal Khanna. MLA of Bharti Jayanta Party (BJP) Harbans Lal Khanna was sitting at his shop in Amritsar on 2nd April 1984 along with his gunmen. The singhs also reached the shop. Bhai Sahib remained on the motorcycle and Bhai Labh Singh got off the motorcycle and quickly entered the shop. Bhai Sahib and Bhai Labh Singh were dressed in police uniforms and Bhai Sahib was waiting on the running motorcycle. The gunmen of Harbans Lal Khanna thought Bhai Sahib was a real police officer. Bhai Labh Singh fired his Stengun and killed the bodyguards, soon as Harbans Lal Khanna saw this he shouted, "Terrorists, terrorist". Bhai Labh Singh put the Stengun to Harbans Lal Khanna's chest and said, "Dhoti (Hindu trousers), topi (cap) Jamuna par. Khalistan Zindabaad". After saying this Bhai Labh Singh coloured the white sofa in the shop red with the blood of Harbans Lal Khanna. Before leaving the scene the singhs grabbed the weapons of the dead bodyguards and also burnt their jeep which was outside the shop. The singhs then shouted war cries of Bole So Nihal Sat Sri Akaal and fired bullets from their Stengun as they fled the scene.

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This happened on 2nd April 1984. Also keep this in mind, Harbans Lal Khanna was responsible for the killings of 11 Sikhs, on 14th February 1984. Harbans Lal Khanna also had ordered the beadbi of Sri Darbar Sahib's model and of Guru Ram Das Ji at the railway station of Amritsar.

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Would you consider NYT as a "credible source"?

80 innocent civilians killed by "Sikh radicals"

INDIA FINDS ITSELF CAUGHT IN A VICIOUS CYCLE OF NEW VIOLENCE

By STEVEN R. WEISMAN

Published: May 19, 1985

NEW DELHI— For the first time since the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the army patrolled the streets of this capital city last week. The people of northern India had reason to wonder whether acts of terrorism by Sikhs would soon become routine.

A wave of bombings, apparently by Sikh radicals, killed more than 80 people in crowded bus and train stations and other public places last weekend, stirring fresh antagonism between Hindus and Sikhs. The authorities expected more bombings, and there was anxiety about the security of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi after American officials said Sikhs had plotted to assassinate him on his visit to the United States next month. Yesterday the Government introduced a measure in Parliament aimed at strenghtening the punishment of terrorists.

The anguish and actions of the Sikhs, a religious sect that broke from Hinduism 500 years ago, have echoes in religious and ethnic conflict throughout South Asia. In Sri Lanka, the Government is faced with an increasingly violent insurgency by Tamils. In Karachi, Pakistan, dozens died in six days of rioting between Pathans and Biharis last month. And in the western Indian state of Gujarat, more than 120 people have been killed in clashes this spring between Hindus and Muslims and between members of upper and lower castes.

Unlike most groups that resort to violence, however, the Sikhs have long been one of India's favored minorities. With barely 2 percent of the population, Sikhs have succeeded far beyond their numbers in business, farming, military prowess and intellectual pursuits. In Punjab, the fertile and strategic northwestern state where Sikhs predominate, the green revolution in farming has brought prosperity and opportunity.

Yet even those Sikhs who deplore the violence of the radicals, including the assassination of Mrs. Gandhi by two Sikh security guards in October, say they are an exploited people. The feelings stem, experts say, from the unusual role Sikhs have played in Indian history. Sikhism was founded in Punjab by a guru who proclaimed his belief in one God and opposed the Hindu caste system. Subsequent gurus established the sect's separate identity by commanding Sikhs to remain unshaven, wrap their hair in turbans, adopt the name ''singh'' (or lion) and carry swords as a symbol of their willingness to fight for their beliefs. 9xx>Still, for centuries Sikhs and Hindus were so close that there was even a custom among many Punjabi Hindu families to bring up one son as a Sikh. The two religions were also united in opposing the Mogul emperors who ruled India before the British. But in the 19th century, following the practice of divide and rule, the British awarded land grants and military positions to Sikhs in return for their loyalty. At a time when the first stirrings of revolt were taking place among Hindus, such actions sowed the seeds of Hindu-Sikh division.

At independence, Sikhs sided with Hindus rather than the Muslims, who broke off and formed Pakistan. But so many Sikhs lost their farms when half of the Punjab was given over to Pakistan that a sense of deprivation set in. The idea of an autonomous Sikh state was the result. ''The sentiment was expressed in a single query,'' writes Khushwant Singh, the Sikh historian. ''Hindus got Hindustan. Muslims got Pakistan. What did the Sikhs get out of partition and independence?''

Sikh yearnings were rewarded in 1965, when the Indian Government altered the boundaries of the Punjab and made the Sikhs a majority. They soon demanded more autonomy and a greater share of river water for irrigation. Mainstream Sikh leaders tangled constantly with Mrs. Gandhi, and hard economic times created a pool of disaffected young people prepared to use violence to advance the cause of a new Sikh state. They were soon drawn to a fiery and charismatic fundamentalist preacher named Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.

There is evidence that Mrs. Gandhi's aides, in attempting to undercut mainstream Sikh leaders, encouraged some of the extremist followers of Mr. Bhindranwale. Later, Mr. Bhindranwale's radicals turned to assassinations and bombings, killing hundreds of Hindus and moderate Sikhs. By 1984, the killings were occurring every week and Mr. Bhindranwale had retreated to the area of the holiest Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple at Amritsar, which he used as an arms depot and sanctuary.

In spite of the violence, most moderate Sikhs in Punjab failed to denounce Mr. Bhindranwale. Some were clearly afraid of being attacked; others felt unity was more important. Whatever the reasons for their silence, it created resentment among Hindus and gave Mrs. Gandhi a potent issue. Her decision to send the army into the Golden Temple last June, which she called the most agonizing of her career, also proved to be one of the most popular. An estimated 800 Sikhs, many innocent worshippers among them, died in the raid, which touched off a cycle of revenge that came to include Mrs. Gandhi's murder and subsequent anti-Sikh rioting by Hindus that killed 2,400 Sikhs in New Delhi alone.

Today Sikhs say they cannot understand why their Hindu brethren failed to speak out against the excesses of the Golden Temple raid and the riots last fall; Hindus say they cannot understand why their Sikh brethren failed to denounce the extremists.

Last week, some Sikh leaders who had been relatively silent up to now, and some who had even praised Mr. Bhindranwale and the assassins of Mrs. Gandhi, deplored the latest killings. Mr. Gandhi called on Hindus to exercise the restraint that many failed to show after the assassination of his mother. ''The extremists want a backlash and the whole community to be alienated,'' he told Parliament. ''This is what we should avoid.''

But there is also talk among extremists of regrouping, and of violence that will inevitably breed more violence and foster an atmosphere in which wounds are never given time to heal.

Photo of bombing victim being taken into hospital (Magnum/Raghu Rai)

Read again and eat your own sh*t. Let me know if you need more.

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Don't be surprised , this is not the new trend among these people . Oppsing Guru Nanak University , Opposing holy status to Amritsar , opposing Gurmukhi , Punjabi Suba , not standing up for Punjab rights and many more . If they hate punjab so much why the hell they are doing in Punjab .

Thats only since india was freed by the british. Look from the tie of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, and the list becomes so so long.

Mate, the guy is a terrorist. The lead bomber killed 17 others, who were innocent. How do you justify this?

Ok, let’s take this statement above. The bomber who killed Benat Singh and 17 others. Were the other 17 part of the plan?

The suicide bomber who killed Beant Singh killed additional 17 people.

Who were these 17? Some of them were beant singh cm's personal bodyguard, the kind of people who had made a name for themselves for their total commitment to the govt cause and also because of their ruthlessness. No average policeman could have become an DSP's bodyguard nevermind the cm of panjab, inlcuding one as destructive as beanta.

The rest of these 17 were people who were closely involved with beant cm and his government. no matter the position they held, were part and parcel of the panjab cm's movement against humanity. If they didn't want to be part of it, they could have st at home. No one was a part of that oppressive govt for the fun of it, they ALL had to be in agreement and in effect, enforcing the diktat of the time. If there was ONE amongst them who disagreed they would not have been there helping this butcher go about his daily routine.

These were not innocent people.

Beant Singh became CM in 1992 and by 1993 terrorism died its own disgusting death. How many Sikh youth (terrorists and innocents) died under regime? the number is around 3000 (total dead 1981 -1999 = 8094). the number of civilians killed by the terrorists in the same period was around 1500 (total = 11752) while 262 (total 1748) police men were also killed by the Paki supported terrorists.

The number of Sikhs killed under beantas regime will never be completely known. What we do have to start with however to prove you are lying, are the facts presented by JS Khalra that is a period of time, so many Sikhs were killed and cremated as unidentified bodies.

I know it's hard for you, given your breed and it's history, but at least try not to assume us so gullible. Well, not all of us, there are one or two newcomers on the forum who seem to be thus inclined.

What makes you think I'm not a Sikh, because I don't back you genocidal agenda.

I would say probably your capacity to learn and discuss opposing views, and researching them if necessary, seem to indicate you are not of the Sikh persuasion.

Remember if you don't know already, many hindu ministers and lawyers came to see Bhindranwale and discussed the problems with him, and yet none were able to refute his points.

I am assuming you have seen or heard his recordings and videos?

Once again, you have failed to show any compassion for the terror victims inc those butchered by your icon, the unrepentant suicide bomber Rajoana.

i dont know which video you are referring to but no one is denying (or justifying) that some Sikh youths were killed by the state machinery.

See post above, these people were not victims, but criminals. They would have been part of those, who would have had been prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

the virtual kharku also claims that 'Singhs' committed genocide of Punjabi muslims in 1947.

You would do well to remember that it was the Sikhs who saved thousands of our Bengali HIndu brothers from getting killed by muslims in calcutta. 1946.

you can give your version of contrived history.

Why not? You certainly are, or is this another opportunity you would deny us, to have the same freedom of expression that you have?

Disgusting bigot who the hell is not fighting for more irrigation waters and Chandigarh for Punjab?

The hindus aren't. They claim it is secessionist and communal.

These jat-centric, terror-loving idiots refuse to acknowledge that Punjab should reduce dependence on farming sector, time to rejuvenate the manufacturing sector. Instead of giving FREE ELECTRICITY to Punjab farms (so that they could extract the last drop of groundwater for their 'greed crop' of Basmati), why not assure that punjab industry gets regular power? while fat jats are getting free power, pay no income tax, punjab industrialist is forced to move his factory out of punjab where he would get regular (not free) power and would not be burdened with extra taxes to pay for free power and other sops to Jat.

The lands are the only livelihood of majority of jats. They don't have the comfort of having job reservations or college and university reservations that the SC have. So please don't think that Panjab is set up to help any one caste group, Everyone is in it for themselves.

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This happened on 2nd April 1984. Also keep this in mind, Harbans Lal Khanna was responsible for the killings of 11 Sikhs, on 14th February 1984. Harbans Lal Khanna also had ordered the beadbi of Sri Darbar Sahib's model and of Guru Ram Das Ji at the railway station of Amritsar.

Bhindranwale built a Mandir for the hindus in prison, and yet people (and I use that term very broadly here) like sher call him a terrorist, whilst their own are busy killing sikhs. no wonder they have made such a mess of india.

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