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Late on 6th June, the Army controlled both complex and the Takht and lifted curfew for 2 hours.

After that Brar sent his soldiers to tell extremists hiding to surrender since it was all over now.

Many groups of Sikhs marched towards Amritsar with old guns, swords and lathis but were stopped by the army. Tohra and Longowal entered the guru nanak niwas before the operation had commenced. After inquiries from Delhi, Brar sent men to the Niwas. He not only found them, but nearly 30 others in a room. Top sources from government revealed that on evening of 5th June, Longowal was asked by Bhindranwale to declare the birth of Khalistan, but Longowal disagreed. He said Pakistan and China would recognize on hearing from them. They were supposed to have a transmitter.

One of the copies of the sacred scripture, had over three hundred bullet marks, the marks are the result of the shooting that took place when the firing between the Nanak Niwas and the Takht along with other surrounding buildings took place. Even though the Generals deny that the Harimandir was fired upon, one officer admitted to shooting back at the temple when extremists were firing form the temple. The army face heavy casualties as the attack was on a fortified area.

After the death of Bhindranwale, the battle was over. Sniper firing continued till 8th June.

Srinagar sikhs protested and burnt down hindu shops and temple and arya samaj institution. Sharp reaction from canada anad uk.

On 21st June 10000 devotees were allowed to go to their sacred Temple, they were shocked by the damage. The Harimandir was intact but the Akal Takht was gravely damaged.

The White Paper on the Punjab Agitation said that 41 light machine guns, 57 sten guns, 377 rifles, 83 7.62mm self loading rifles, 88 12 bore guns, 52 7.61 mm chinese rifles, 71 assorted rifles, 61 12 bore and 2 anti tank weapons, 128 2 inch mines and large quantities of ammunition and explosives were found at the Takht. Some officials included Kirpans to the weaponry found but they were excluded after Zail Singh said that it was not illegal to carry Kirpans. A terrorist took a shot at Zail Singh, fortunately missing him and hitting a colonel, but it does signify the extremist s anger against him. Zail Singh was harsh to the Governor Pandey, he was shocked at the amount of weapons found at the Golden Temple. He was in tears as he saw the dead bodies floating in the tank around the Harimandir, the blood on the marble, the rubbles of the remaining Takht and the burned ashes of the scriptures that were in the library.

As a result of Operation Bluestar, riots broke out all over. The police was loose, trying to find and get rid of as many terrorists as possible. There was discrimination against the Sikhs, as very few Hindu s were tortured or even interrogated. Innocent Sikhs were beaten to death and thrown around. The state was in chaos blaming the government for attacking it s holiest shrine. The considered it as an act of violence against them. There were asking themselves if they were even being considered as Indians.

Indira Gandhi was assassinated on the 31st of October, 1984. She was wearing a saffron sari, not knowing that she was wearing the color of Sikh Martyrdom. She was gunned down by her two Sikh guards, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, who were taking revenge as they blamed her for the massacre of Operation Bluestar. Anti-Sikh riots had broken in the capital. It was a mayhem in which Sikhs were killed, slaughtered, burned and looted. They were rumors spreading like fire about how the Sikhs were rejoicing at the assassination of the Prime Minister. The government admits that 2,717 Sikhs were killed in the riots, about 2150 dying in Delhi. Many Sikhs fled back to their homeland, Punjab, some taking refuge at special camps organized by the government and other agencies. The riots stopped in Delhi after Rajiv Gandhi, the new prime minister, visited some affected areas, realizing the gravity of the situation, asking the army to step in and take drastic measures to control the violence.

Operation Bluestar was the result of the incompetence and negligence of the Congress. They had many opportunities to stop Bhindranwale by arresting him, but for selfish reasons, such as maintaining power, they did not preform their duties causing the horrific massacre at Amritsar. They created him, used him, were not able to control him, eventually destroying him and the faith of the Sikh community. I think that the Army attack on the Temple was wrong and the situation should have never reached to that point. I agree with Khushwant Singh and Lieutenant Jasjit Singh Aurora who both question the decisions the ruling party took at that time. They say that the government knew of the smuggling of the weapons into the temple, but ignored it. They did not act when Bhindranwale would go on protests across the capital, Delhi, with his men brandishing illegal arms in open jeeps.