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Also Known As Teeja Ghallughara • Operation Bluestar
Date June 1984
Location Amritsar • India

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Rally for Khalistan on the anniversary of Operation Blue Star
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (center)
The Golden Temple, or Harmandir Sahib
Indira Gandhi
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