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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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1984: The Year In Review (Archival News Coverage From SikhMuseum.com)
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 107760" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>News Reports</p><p> <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_2.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/images/840608_2a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>This archive provides an important historical record of international media reporting of the events of 1984. No foreign or independent journalists were allowed into Punjab for over a month and those already in the State prior to Operation Blue Star were expelled. Most of the news accounts from Punjab were provided to journalists by the Indian government and hence provide for the most part a one-sided view of events. Very few independent news reports <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840614_1.html" target="_blank">telling a different story from the government position</a> were ever reported.</p><p> A classic example of strategic misinformation can be found in an article reporting that huge quantities of heroin and <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840615_1.html" target="_blank">drugs had been recovered</a> within the Golden Temple Complex and that they had been used by the militants to illegally fund their operations. This story was picked up internationally based on a June 14th Press Trust of India news report from government sources. One week later the initial report was officially retracted by the government and it was revealed that the drugs had been recovered from the India-Pakistan border and not from the Golden Temple Complex. This retraction was not picked up by most international news agencies and the damage done by the initial news story was never undone.</p><p> The anguish and rage <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_2.html" target="_blank">felt by the international Sikh community</a> is captured in many news reports about <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_1.html" target="_blank">mass demonstrations</a> and<a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_9.html" target="_blank"> individual expressions of anger</a>. Irrespective of their past feelings or political affiliations prior to Operation Blue Star, the vast <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_4.html" target="_blank">majority were now united in calling for the creation of 'Khalistan'</a>, an independent Sikh country as they no longer wished to be part of India. Only a small minority supported the Indian government. One such example being an article about a 10 year old <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840617_1.html" target="_blank">Canadian Sikh girl's letter to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi</a> professing support for her government and discounting Sikh grievances that was effectively used by the Indian Prime Minister for propaganda purposes.</p><p> A <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840717_1.html" target="_blank">protest march in Amritsar by a group of elderly Sikh women</a> nearly a month and a half after Operation Blue Star to try to force the Indian government to leave the temple complex provides a rare example of individual courage in the face of express and implied intimidation by authorities.</p><p> A <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840722_1.html" target="_blank">hint of the decade long darkness</a> that was to descend on Punjab as the Indian army and police began a new phase of arbitrary arrests, torture and killing can be seen taking shape in the months following Operation Blue Star.</p><p> One of the <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840615_0.html" target="_blank">earliest official government of India's accounting of events</a> is an important part of the exhibit. This rare document presents a detailing of events and opinions according to the Indian government and was released on June 15th, one month before the release of their White Paper.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Magazines </strong></p><p>Nov. 7, 1983 Time <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/831107_1.html" target="_blank">City of Death</a> </p><p>June 18, 1984 Newsweek <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_1.html" target="_blank">The Golden Temple Shoot-Out</a> </p><p>June 18, 1984 Time <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_2.html" target="_blank">Slaughter at the Golden Temple </a> </p><p>June 25, 1984 Time <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840625_2.html" target="_blank">Diamonds and the Smell of Death </a> </p><p>July 2, 1984 Time <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840702_1.html" target="_blank">The Roots of Violence </a> </p><p></p><p><strong>Newspapers </strong></p><p> April 4, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840404_1.html" target="_blank">Terror threatens economic gains of Indian state</a> </p><p>April 5, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840405_1.html" target="_blank">Politicians warned as Sikh terror continues</a> </p><p>June 6, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840606_1.html" target="_blank">Army storms Sikh shrine in Punjab</a> </p><p> June 6, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840606_2.html" target="_blank">There's a time for fighting Sikh guru said 300 years ago</a> </p><p> June 6, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840606_3.html" target="_blank">Vancouver Sikhs protest at consulate</a> </p><p>June 7, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840607_1.html" target="_blank">250 militants die as troops storm temple</a> </p><p>June 7, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840607_2.html" target="_blank">Violence flares across India as Sikh leader dies in battle</a> </p><p>June 7, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840607_3.html" target="_blank">Radicals' claims sparked ****** Sikh temple raid</a> </p><p> June 7, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840607_4.html" target="_blank">We smile, never weep, besieged rebel said</a> </p><p>June 7, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840607_5.html" target="_blank">Man charged in attack on Indian consulate</a> </p><p>June 8, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_1.html" target="_blank">Sikhs protest raid on holy temple</a> </p><p> June 8, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_2.html" target="_blank">27 die, scores hurt in riots over assault on Golden Temple</a></p><p> June 8, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_3.html" target="_blank">After the raid</a> </p><p>June 8, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_4.html" target="_blank">Toronto Sikhs scream for Gandhi's blood</a> </p><p> June 8, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_5.html" target="_blank">47 die as Sikhs avenge army invasion of temple</a> </p><p>June 8, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_6.html" target="_blank">Death of militant may help Gandhi experts say </a> </p><p> June 8, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_7.html" target="_blank">Ontario Sikhs gather to protest India's storming of holy temple</a> </p><p> June 8, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_8.html" target="_blank">Angry Sikhs condemn raid on holy shrine</a> </p><p> June 8, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_9.html" target="_blank">Smashing pictures was symbolic act, accused man says</a> </p><p>June 9, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840609_1.html" target="_blank">Sikh snipers still holding out as toll from temple raid rises</a></p><p>June 9, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840609_2.html" target="_blank">Violence obscures Sikhs origin</a> </p><p> June 10, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840610_1.html" target="_blank">Religious violence kills six</a> </p><p>June 10, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840610_2.html" target="_blank">India faces all-out war, Sikh warns</a> </p><p> June 11, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_1.html" target="_blank">Death toll at temple 1,000 as India plans special force</a> </p><p> June 11, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_2.html" target="_blank">Sikhs march in London, threaten to kill Gandhi</a> </p><p>June 11, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_3.html" target="_blank">They're burning mad</a> </p><p> June 11, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_4.html" target="_blank">Sikhs protest across Canada</a> </p><p> June 11, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_5.html" target="_blank">Sikhs vow to avenge killings</a> </p><p> June 11, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_6.html" target="_blank">Mutiny by Sikhs in Indian army</a> </p><p> June 12, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840612_1.html" target="_blank">Death toll at Sikh temple may be as high as 2,000</a> </p><p> June 12, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840612_2.html" target="_blank">Bhindranwale: voice of rage leaves India a time bomb</a> </p><p>June 13, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840613_1.html" target="_blank">Sikh mutineers will be hanged, general says</a> </p><p> June 14, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840614_1.html" target="_blank">Sikh captives reported shot after battle</a> </p><p>June 15, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840615_1.html" target="_blank">Drugs reported found in Sikh temple</a> </p><p>June 17, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840617_1.html" target="_blank">I had to stop Sikh threat Gandhi tells Prairie girl</a> </p><p>June 17, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840617_2.html" target="_blank">Militant Sikhs kill Indian official</a> </p><p>June 17, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840617_3.html" target="_blank">Member of Gandhi party gunned down</a> </p><p> June 17, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840617_4.html" target="_blank">Sikhs form gov’t-in-exile </a> </p><p>June 18, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_3.html" target="_blank">Provisional government calls for sanctions against India</a> </p><p>June 18, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_4.html" target="_blank">Sikh protesters say that Turner is sympathetic to their views</a> </p><p>June 18, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_5.html" target="_blank">Sikhs, Moslems join in Toronto protest over Indian strife</a></p><p> June 18, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_6.html" target="_blank">Sikhs rally in protest as President of India makes plea for unity</a> </p><p> June 19, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840619_1.html" target="_blank">Sikh militants freed by army; troops prepare to quit Punjab</a> </p><p>June 20, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840620_1.html" target="_blank">Fear of Sikh extremists prompts tight security</a> </p><p> June 21, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840621_1.html" target="_blank">Arrest toll hits 4,200 as roundup of Sikhs continues in Punjab</a> </p><p> June 22, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840622_1.html" target="_blank">Sikh temples reopened as military eases grip</a> </p><p> June 22, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840623_1.html" target="_blank">Temple inquiry needed</a> </p><p>June 24, 1984 New York Times <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840624_1.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Gandhi Visits Captured Temple</a> </p><p>June 25, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840625_1.html" target="_blank">The two faces of Punjab terror</a> </p><p> June 26, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840626_1.html" target="_blank">Amritsar shrine reopened</a> </p><p> June 27, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840627_1.html" target="_blank">Golden Temple closed 1 day after reopening</a> </p><p> June 28, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840628_1.html" target="_blank">Sikh shrine reopened to pilgrims in Amritsar</a> </p><p> July 6, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840706_1.html" target="_blank">Hijackers threaten passengers</a></p><p> July 7, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840707_1.html" target="_blank">Sikh hijacking started 'emotional roller-coaster'</a> </p><p> July 9, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840709_1.html" target="_blank">Sikh party plans to send suicide squads to shrine</a> </p><p>July 11, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840711_1.html" target="_blank">Overseas Sikhs cited in report on violence</a> </p><p> July 16, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840716_1.html" target="_blank">India police vow to stop 'suicide march' on Sikh temple</a></p><p> July 16, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840716_2.html" target="_blank">Women 'suicide marching'</a></p><p> July 17, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840717_1.html" target="_blank">125 Sikhs arrested on march</a> </p><p> July 19, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840719_1.html" target="_blank">Angry Sikhs attack envoy in Winnipeg</a> </p><p>July 19, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840719_2.html" target="_blank">Winnipeg Sikhs rush India's envoy</a> </p><p>July 22, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840722_1.html" target="_blank">Sikhs vanish in Indian crackdown</a> </p><p> July 23, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840723_1.html" target="_blank">Sikhs to avenge temple attack</a> </p><p>July 23, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840723_2.html" target="_blank">Head priests expel Sikh warrior chief</a> </p><p>July 30, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840730_1.html" target="_blank">Troops quell clashes in India</a> </p><p>August 16, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_1.html" target="_blank">Protest triggers violence</a> </p><p>August 16, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_2.html" target="_blank">Sikh Demonstration</a> </p><p>August 16, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_3.html" target="_blank">Sikh protest disrupts ceremony</a></p><p>August 16, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_4.html" target="_blank">12 arrested as Sikhs battle cops</a> </p><p>August 16, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_5.html" target="_blank">Mobs ruin Indira's party</a> </p><p>August 16, 1984 Toronto Sun <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_6.html" target="_blank">Sikh demonstrators clash with B.C. cops</a> </p><p>August 25, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840825_1.html" target="_blank">Hijackers head out of Karachi</a> </p><p> August 25, 1984 Globe and Mail <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840825_2.html" target="_blank">Charges against Sikh are dropped as Indian envoy refuses to testify</a></p><p>August 26, 1984 Toronto Star <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840826_1.html" target="_blank">Sikh hijackers free hostages</a> </p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Official Indian Government Account </strong></p><p> June 15, 1984 India News <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840615_0.html" target="_blank">High Commission of India newsletter</a> <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/contact.html" target="_blank">Contact</a> Sikhmuseum.com ©2009 • <a href="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/copyright.html" target="_blank">Copyright 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[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 107760, member: 35"] News Reports [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_2.html"][IMG]http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/images/840608_2a.jpg[/IMG][/URL]This archive provides an important historical record of international media reporting of the events of 1984. No foreign or independent journalists were allowed into Punjab for over a month and those already in the State prior to Operation Blue Star were expelled. Most of the news accounts from Punjab were provided to journalists by the Indian government and hence provide for the most part a one-sided view of events. Very few independent news reports [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840614_1.html"]telling a different story from the government position[/URL] were ever reported. A classic example of strategic misinformation can be found in an article reporting that huge quantities of heroin and [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840615_1.html"]drugs had been recovered[/URL] within the Golden Temple Complex and that they had been used by the militants to illegally fund their operations. This story was picked up internationally based on a June 14th Press Trust of India news report from government sources. One week later the initial report was officially retracted by the government and it was revealed that the drugs had been recovered from the India-Pakistan border and not from the Golden Temple Complex. This retraction was not picked up by most international news agencies and the damage done by the initial news story was never undone. The anguish and rage [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_2.html"]felt by the international Sikh community[/URL] is captured in many news reports about [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_1.html"]mass demonstrations[/URL] and[URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_9.html"] individual expressions of anger[/URL]. Irrespective of their past feelings or political affiliations prior to Operation Blue Star, the vast [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_4.html"]majority were now united in calling for the creation of 'Khalistan'[/URL], an independent Sikh country as they no longer wished to be part of India. Only a small minority supported the Indian government. One such example being an article about a 10 year old [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840617_1.html"]Canadian Sikh girl's letter to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi[/URL] professing support for her government and discounting Sikh grievances that was effectively used by the Indian Prime Minister for propaganda purposes. A [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840717_1.html"]protest march in Amritsar by a group of elderly Sikh women[/URL] nearly a month and a half after Operation Blue Star to try to force the Indian government to leave the temple complex provides a rare example of individual courage in the face of express and implied intimidation by authorities. A [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840722_1.html"]hint of the decade long darkness[/URL] that was to descend on Punjab as the Indian army and police began a new phase of arbitrary arrests, torture and killing can be seen taking shape in the months following Operation Blue Star. One of the [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840615_0.html"]earliest official government of India's accounting of events[/URL] is an important part of the exhibit. This rare document presents a detailing of events and opinions according to the Indian government and was released on June 15th, one month before the release of their White Paper. [B]Magazines [/B] Nov. 7, 1983 Time [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/831107_1.html"]City of Death[/URL] June 18, 1984 Newsweek [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_1.html"]The Golden Temple Shoot-Out[/URL] June 18, 1984 Time [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_2.html"]Slaughter at the Golden Temple [/URL] June 25, 1984 Time [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840625_2.html"]Diamonds and the Smell of Death [/URL] July 2, 1984 Time [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840702_1.html"]The Roots of Violence [/URL] [B]Newspapers [/B] April 4, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840404_1.html"]Terror threatens economic gains of Indian state[/URL] April 5, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840405_1.html"]Politicians warned as Sikh terror continues[/URL] June 6, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840606_1.html"]Army storms Sikh shrine in Punjab[/URL] June 6, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840606_2.html"]There's a time for fighting Sikh guru said 300 years ago[/URL] June 6, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840606_3.html"]Vancouver Sikhs protest at consulate[/URL] June 7, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840607_1.html"]250 militants die as troops storm temple[/URL] June 7, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840607_2.html"]Violence flares across India as Sikh leader dies in battle[/URL] June 7, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840607_3.html"]Radicals' claims sparked ****** Sikh temple raid[/URL] June 7, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840607_4.html"]We smile, never weep, besieged rebel said[/URL] June 7, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840607_5.html"]Man charged in attack on Indian consulate[/URL] June 8, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_1.html"]Sikhs protest raid on holy temple[/URL] June 8, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_2.html"]27 die, scores hurt in riots over assault on Golden Temple[/URL] June 8, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_3.html"]After the raid[/URL] June 8, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_4.html"]Toronto Sikhs scream for Gandhi's blood[/URL] June 8, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_5.html"]47 die as Sikhs avenge army invasion of temple[/URL] June 8, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_6.html"]Death of militant may help Gandhi experts say [/URL] June 8, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_7.html"]Ontario Sikhs gather to protest India's storming of holy temple[/URL] June 8, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_8.html"]Angry Sikhs condemn raid on holy shrine[/URL] June 8, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840608_9.html"]Smashing pictures was symbolic act, accused man says[/URL] June 9, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840609_1.html"]Sikh snipers still holding out as toll from temple raid rises[/URL] June 9, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840609_2.html"]Violence obscures Sikhs origin[/URL] June 10, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840610_1.html"]Religious violence kills six[/URL] June 10, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840610_2.html"]India faces all-out war, Sikh warns[/URL] June 11, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_1.html"]Death toll at temple 1,000 as India plans special force[/URL] June 11, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_2.html"]Sikhs march in London, threaten to kill Gandhi[/URL] June 11, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_3.html"]They're burning mad[/URL] June 11, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_4.html"]Sikhs protest across Canada[/URL] June 11, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_5.html"]Sikhs vow to avenge killings[/URL] June 11, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840611_6.html"]Mutiny by Sikhs in Indian army[/URL] June 12, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840612_1.html"]Death toll at Sikh temple may be as high as 2,000[/URL] June 12, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840612_2.html"]Bhindranwale: voice of rage leaves India a time bomb[/URL] June 13, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840613_1.html"]Sikh mutineers will be hanged, general says[/URL] June 14, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840614_1.html"]Sikh captives reported shot after battle[/URL] June 15, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840615_1.html"]Drugs reported found in Sikh temple[/URL] June 17, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840617_1.html"]I had to stop Sikh threat Gandhi tells Prairie girl[/URL] June 17, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840617_2.html"]Militant Sikhs kill Indian official[/URL] June 17, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840617_3.html"]Member of Gandhi party gunned down[/URL] June 17, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840617_4.html"]Sikhs form gov’t-in-exile [/URL] June 18, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_3.html"]Provisional government calls for sanctions against India[/URL] June 18, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_4.html"]Sikh protesters say that Turner is sympathetic to their views[/URL] June 18, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_5.html"]Sikhs, Moslems join in Toronto protest over Indian strife[/URL] June 18, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840618_6.html"]Sikhs rally in protest as President of India makes plea for unity[/URL] June 19, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840619_1.html"]Sikh militants freed by army; troops prepare to quit Punjab[/URL] June 20, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840620_1.html"]Fear of Sikh extremists prompts tight security[/URL] June 21, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840621_1.html"]Arrest toll hits 4,200 as roundup of Sikhs continues in Punjab[/URL] June 22, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840622_1.html"]Sikh temples reopened as military eases grip[/URL] June 22, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840623_1.html"]Temple inquiry needed[/URL] June 24, 1984 New York Times [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840624_1.html"]Mrs. Gandhi Visits Captured Temple[/URL] June 25, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840625_1.html"]The two faces of Punjab terror[/URL] June 26, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840626_1.html"]Amritsar shrine reopened[/URL] June 27, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840627_1.html"]Golden Temple closed 1 day after reopening[/URL] June 28, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840628_1.html"]Sikh shrine reopened to pilgrims in Amritsar[/URL] July 6, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840706_1.html"]Hijackers threaten passengers[/URL] July 7, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840707_1.html"]Sikh hijacking started 'emotional roller-coaster'[/URL] July 9, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840709_1.html"]Sikh party plans to send suicide squads to shrine[/URL] July 11, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840711_1.html"]Overseas Sikhs cited in report on violence[/URL] July 16, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840716_1.html"]India police vow to stop 'suicide march' on Sikh temple[/URL] July 16, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840716_2.html"]Women 'suicide marching'[/URL] July 17, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840717_1.html"]125 Sikhs arrested on march[/URL] July 19, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840719_1.html"]Angry Sikhs attack envoy in Winnipeg[/URL] July 19, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840719_2.html"]Winnipeg Sikhs rush India's envoy[/URL] July 22, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840722_1.html"]Sikhs vanish in Indian crackdown[/URL] July 23, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840723_1.html"]Sikhs to avenge temple attack[/URL] July 23, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840723_2.html"]Head priests expel Sikh warrior chief[/URL] July 30, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840730_1.html"]Troops quell clashes in India[/URL] August 16, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_1.html"]Protest triggers violence[/URL] August 16, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_2.html"]Sikh Demonstration[/URL] August 16, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_3.html"]Sikh protest disrupts ceremony[/URL] August 16, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_4.html"]12 arrested as Sikhs battle cops[/URL] August 16, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_5.html"]Mobs ruin Indira's party[/URL] August 16, 1984 Toronto Sun [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840816_6.html"]Sikh demonstrators clash with B.C. cops[/URL] August 25, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840825_1.html"]Hijackers head out of Karachi[/URL] August 25, 1984 Globe and Mail [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840825_2.html"]Charges against Sikh are dropped as Indian envoy refuses to testify[/URL] August 26, 1984 Toronto Star [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840826_1.html"]Sikh hijackers free hostages[/URL] [B] Official Indian Government Account [/B] June 15, 1984 India News [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/bluestar/newsreports/840615_0.html"]High Commission of India newsletter[/URL] [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/contact.html"]Contact[/URL] Sikhmuseum.com ©2009 • [URL="http://www.sikhmuseum.com/copyright.html"]Copyright Policy[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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