7 indian soldiers died in operation blue star.
7 indian soldiers died in operation blue star.
how many indian soldiers died in operation blue star?
7
operation blue star was an indian military operation carried out between 1 and 8 june 1984, ordered by prime minister indira gandhi to remove militant religious leader jarnail singh bhindranwale and his armed followers from the buildings of the harmandir sahib complex in amritsar, punjab. in july 1983, the sikh political party akali dal's president harchand singh longowal had invited bhindranwale to take up residence in golden temple complex to evade arrest. bhindranwale later on made the sacred temple complex an armoury and headquarters. in the violent events leading up to the operation blue star since the inception of akali dharm yudh morcha, the militants had killed 165 hindus and nirankaris, even 39 sikhs opposed to bhindranwale were killed. the total number of deaths was 410 in violent incidents and riots while 1,180 people were injured. casualty figures for the army were 83 dead and 249 injured. according to the official estimate presented by the indian government, 1592 were apprehended and there were 493 combined militant and civilian casualties. high civilian casualties were attributed to militants using pilgrims trapped inside the temple as human shields.
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general arun vaidya was the chief of the indian army who ordered the attack on armed militants holed up in the holiest of the sikh shrines at amritsar and elsewhere in punjab during operation blue star. he had moved to pune after his retirement from the army. on 10 august 1986 general arun vaidya, the architect of operation blue star was shot to death by jinda and sukha while he was driving his car home from the market. according to the police, the assailants pulled up next to his car on motor scooters and fired eight or nine shots into the car. vaidya reportedly died instantly of head and neck wounds. his wife, who was also in the car, was wounded by four bullets in her back and thighs. according to indian intelligence sources, vaidya had been the number four assassination target on lists by sikh militants and he was one of several people killed in retaliation for operation blue star. following the assassination, the khalistan commando force issued a statement declaring that vaidya had been killed in retaliation for the golden temple operation.
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