What was the Reality

• Grain exports from Punjab were scheduled to stop on June 3rd in protest of the Anandpur resolution.
• When the Indian army created a model of the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1982, the attack was already planned.
• The UK armed forces assisted in providing advice on the strike in February 1984.
• There was a declared emergency.
• The international press was expelled.
• The media was shut down.
• In 1982, the attack was planned in advance.
• A preacher named Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Bhindranwale was granted access to the temple compound in 1983.
• Despite having open access to him, no police arrest warrant was issued for him.
• Army forces surrounded the building. No one was permitted to leave. The army did launch an unprovoked attack without first seeking to negotiate (which is against Indian law).
• Sikhs inside were described as separatists to the soldiers.
• They lost control and brutally killed countless men, women, and children.
• More than 5000 individuals perished.
• They stormed the compound, which was crowded with thousands of people going to the Golden Temple on a Sikh holy day.
• Maximum fatalities were caused by the fact that trainloads of pilgrims could enter but not leave.
• Sikhs inside were described as separatists to the soldiers.
• They lost control and brutally killed countless men, women, and children.
• Hundreds more perished while imprisoned in sweltering heat with no access to water.
• Everybody was incinerated without a trace.
• At the same time, 125 Gurdwaras in Punjab were attacked.
• Numerous deaths occurred.
• Without notice, villagers and Sikh soldiers who had arrived to assist were shot and killed by helicopter gunships.
• The Central Sikh Reference Library and valuable historical items were destroyed by fire by the army three days after the raid.
• It was a one-sided killing of Sikhs rather than a religious uprising.
• Hindus were not massacred in response in Punjab. Most Hindus abstained from attending.
• To slaughter and rape people, the government organised buses of criminals. In actuality, a lot of Hindus rescued Sikh neighbours.
• Rumours were circulated by the government and the media to incite animosity towards Sikhs. so enabling rape and murder by mobs.
• The government orchestrated the murders and provided the gangs with machetes, tyres, and Sikhs’ addresses.
• Government officials, the media, the police, and the army all participated.
• The media frequently broadcast hate speech and urged retaliation.
• Sikhs were unarmed and scattered by police so they couldn’t band together and protect themselves.
• Killings were disregarded or even assisted by police. Where some police officers bothered, killings did stop.
• The refugee camps were appalling.
• Insurance payouts were rejected. The payment was meagre.
• The survivors were left behind.
• The murderers, some of whom are powerful politicians, are still at large after ten commissions.
• Orphans and widows are still alive and in need.
• India honours Indira Gandhi annually.