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Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims - Amritsar

June 5th, 2012 by Sanjeev Syal
Sanjeev Syal
Amritsar, India, South Asia
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Candles are seen lit as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star.
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Candles are seen lit as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa shout slogans while holding placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
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Candles are seen lit as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star.
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Candles are seen reflected in the glasses of an activist of Dal Khalsa during an event organised in memory of the Sikhs who lost their lives during Operation Blue Star.
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Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
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Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
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A Sikh man (unseen) takes pictures of other members of Dal Khalsa while shouting slogans and holding placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
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A Nihang, or Sikh warrior, reacts to a camera as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives during Operation Blue Star.
Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
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Candles are seen lit as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives during Operation Blue Star.
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A Sikh activist from Dal Khalsa holds a placard carrying a picture of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
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Candles are seen lit as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
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Candles are seen lit as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
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Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
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Lit candles are seen displaying 'June 84' as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives during Operation Blue Star.
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Candles are seen lit as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
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A woman Sikh activist from Dal Khalsa lights candles as others hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives during Operation Blue Star.
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Candles are seen lit as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
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Candles are seen lit as Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.
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Candles are seen reflected in a poster carrying a picture of Sikh separatist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, during an event organised in memory of the Sikhs who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star, Amritsar, India. 5 June 20.
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  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
  • Dal Khalsa activists remember Operation Blue Star victims Amritsar
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Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Sikh activists from Dal Khalsa hold placards in memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 5 June 2012.

Operation Blue Star,3–6 June 1984 was an Indian military operation, ordered by Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, under the pretext of removing Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The insurgents, led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, were accused of amassing weapons in the Sikh temple.

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