Siege of the Holy Sikh Temple

Operation Blue Star
Akal Takht being repaired by the Indian Government after the attack. It was later pulled down and rebuilt by the Sikh community.
Date 1–8 June 1984 Location Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab, India Result Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale killed. Sikh militants cleared out of Harmandir Sahib complex.
Belligerents
India Indian Army Central Reserve Police Force Border Security Force Punjab Police Supported by: Special Air Service (alleged advisory role)	Sikh militants
Commanders and leaders
Major General Kuldip Singh Brar Lt Gen Ranjit Singh Dyal Lt Gen Krishnaswamy Sundarji	Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale † Amrik Singh † Shabeg Singh †
Strength
10,000 armed troops. of 9th Division, 175 Parachute Regiment and Artillery units 700 jawans of CRPF 4th Battalion and BSF 7th Battalion 150 Jawans of Punjab Armed Police and officers from Harmandir Police Station.	200 Sikh militants
Casualties and losses
83 dead	150 combatants killed
493 militants and civilian casualties (official).

 India

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 headquarter. 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.

The operation had two components — Operation Metal, confined to the Harmandir Sahib complex, and Operation Shop, which raided the Punjabi countryside to capture other suspects. Following it, Operation Woodrose was launched in the Punjab countryside against the baptized Sikhs. The operation was carried out by Indian Army troops. 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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