Timeline of the insurgency in Punjab

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The following timeline documents the insurgency in Punjab, India:

Punjab insurgency chronology outline
DateEventSource
March 1972Akalis routed in Punjab elections, Congress wins
17 October 1973 Akalis ask for their rights through Anandpur Sahib Resolution
25 April 1980 Gurbachan Singh of Sant Nirankari sect shot dead. [1]
2 June 1980Akalis lose election in Punjab [2]
16 Aug 1981Sikhs in Golden Temple meet foreign correspondents [3]
9 Sep 1981 Lala Jagat Narain, Editor, Hind Samachar group murdered. [4]
29 Sep 1981Sikh separatists are killed on an Indian Jetliner in Pakistan when they hijack it. [5]
19 November 1981Police Inspector Pritam Singh Bajwa and Constable Surat Singh of Jalandhar were gunned down in Daheru village in Ludhiana district. The terrorists, who were hiding in the house of Amarjit Singh Nihang, all managed to escape. This act gained Babbar Khalsa and its chief Talwinder Singh Parmar notoriety. Named in the first information report were Wadhawa Singh (current Babbar Khalsa chief, now residing in Pakistan), Talwinder Singh Parmar, Amarjit Singh Nihang, Amarjit Singh (Head Constable), Sewa Singh (Head Constable) and Gurnam Singh (Head Constable). [6]
11 Feb 1982US gives cisa to Jagjit Singh Chauhan [7]
11 Apr 1982US based Sikh activist G. S. Dhillon barred From India [8]
July 1982Protesting Sikhs storm the parliament after the inaction of authorities regarding the deaths of 34 Sikhs in police custody [9]
4 Aug 1982Akalis demand autonomy and additional regions for Punjab [10]
11 Oct 1982Sikhs stage protests at the Indian Parliament, members of the Pro-Autonomy Faction, belonging to the Shiromani Akali Dal attack with swords the building, killing four people, five wounded, and at least 60 policemen were said to be injured. The attack is in response of the deaths of 34 Sikhs in police custody in Punjab last month. [11] [12]
Nov 1982Longowal threatens to disrupt Asian Games [13]
27 Feb 1983Sikhs permitted to carry daggers in domestic flights [14]
23 April 1983Punjab Police Deputy Inspector General A. S. Atwal was shot dead as he left the Harmandir Sahib compound by a gunman from Bhindranwale's group
3 May 1983 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, talks of violence being perpetuated against Sikhs and for India to understand [15]
18 June 1983A detective Inspector from Punjab police killed by Sikh militants [16]
14 July 1983Four policemen killed by Sikh militants in physical confrontation [16]
21 September 1983Senior superintendent of Police wounded and his guard killed by Sikh militants [16]
29 September 19835 Police constables killed by Sikh militants [16]
5 Oct 19836 Hindu passengers killed in 1983 Dhilwan bus massacre. [17] [16]
6 Oct 1983President's rule imposed in Punjab [16]
14 Oct 19832 people killed in a bombing at a Hindu festival in Chandigarh [18]
Oct 1983*Hindu pulled off a train and bus and killed [19]
mid-Oct 1983
  • Two people injured in a bomb blast on the outskirts of Chandigarh.
  • Two people were killed and more than 30 injured when grenades exploded in two theaters in Delhi.
  • 2 people were injured when a grenade went off in the New Delhi railway station.
 [18]
21 Oct 1983A passenger train was derailed and 2 agricultural labourers travelling were killed by Sikh militants [16]
18 Nov 1983A bus was hijacked and 4 passengers were killed by Sikh militants [16]
9 Feb 1984A wedding procession bombed [20]
14 Feb 1984Six policemen abducted from a post near Golden Temple and one of them killed.
14 Feb 1984More than 12 Sikhs killed in riots in Haryana [16]
19 Feb 1984Sikh-Hindu clashes spread in North India [21]
23 Feb 19843 Hindus killed and 24 injured by Sikh militants [22]
25 Feb 19841 Hindu killed in by Sikh militants, total 69 Hindus slayed over last 11 days [23]
28 Feb 1984President of Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) H.S Manchada shot dead at ITO, Delhi [24]
29 Feb 1984By this time, the Sikh political centre had become the centre of the 19-month-old uprising by the Sikhs [25]
03 Apr 1984A prominent member of BJP, Harbans Lal Khanna, killed at Amritsar [26]
04 Apr 1984Professor V. N. Tiwari, a Rajya Sabha MP and father of Congress leader Manish Tewari was shot dead in Chandigarh while on a morning walk [27]
14 April 1984Surinder Singh Sodhi, follower of Bhindranwale, shot dead at a tea-stall outside the Golden Temple by a man and a woman [28]
15 April 1984Jasjit Singh, owner of the tea stall is shot and killed by two assailants. Co-conspirators Bachan Singh and Malik Singh Bhatia are killed inside the temple [29]
16 April 1984Discovery of the mutilated bodies of Surinder Singh Shinda alias Chhinda, and Baljit Kaur, the assassins of Surinder Singh Sodhi. [30]
12 May 1984Romesh Chander, son of Lala Jagat Narain, former Editor, Hind Samachar group murdered. [31]
27 May 1984Hindu politician killed in Ferozepur [32]
1 June 1984Army controls Punjab's security [33]
1 June 1984Total media and the press black out in Punjab, the rail, road and air services in Punjab suspended. Foreigners' and NRIs' entry was also banned and water and electricity supply cut off. [34] [35] [36]
5 June 1984Operation Blue Star to remove militants from Harmandir Sahib commences, Punjab shut-down from outside world. [37]
6 June 1984Daylong battle in temple [38] [39]
7 June 1984 Harmandir Sahib Overtaken by Indian Army [40]
7 June 1984Terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was killed and golden temple was relieved by the Indian Army. [41]
8 June 198427 Sikhs killed in protests in Srinagar, Ludhiana, Amritsar after Government forces fired on protesters [42]
9 June 1984Weapons seized, troops fired on [43]
10 June 1984Reports of anti-Sikh riots and killings in Delhi [44]
11 June 1984Negotiators close to a settlement on waters [45]
24 August 19847 Sikh terrorists abduct 100 passengers in 1984 Indian Airlines Airbus A300 hijacking [46]
31 October 1984 Indira Gandhi assassinated [47]
1 November 1984 1984 anti-Sikh riots begin in Delhi [48]
3 November 1984Anti Sikh Violence a total of 2,733 Sikhs were killed [48]
23 June 1985 Air India Flight 182 was bombed by Sikh terrorists killing 329 people (including 22 crew members); almost all of them Hindus
20 August 1985 Harchand Singh Longowal assassinated [49]
29 September 198560% vote, Akali Dal won 73 of 115 seats, Barnala CM [50]
26 January 1986Sikhs have a global meeting and the rebuilding of Akal Takht declared as well as the five member Panthic Committee selected and have draft of the Constitution of Khalistan written [51]
29 April 1986Resolution of Khalistan passed by Sarbat Khalsa and Khalistan Commando Force also formed at Akal Takht with more than 80,000 Sikhs present. [52]
25 July 198614 Hindus and one Sikh passenger killed in the 1986 Muktsar Bus massacre by unidentified separatists [53]
30 November 198624 Hindu passengers killed in the 1986 Hoshiarpur Bus massacre by terrorists [54]
19 May 1987General Secretary CPI(M) Comrade Deepak Dhawan was brutally murdered at Village Sangha, Tarn Taran
14 June 1987Unidentified militants kill 25 in two attacks [55]
7 July 1987Unidentified terrorists attacked two buses, singled out and killed 70 Hindu bus passengers in 1987 Haryana killings [56] [57]
19 February 1988In Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Patiala, bombs were exploded in courts by Babbar Khalsa. 12 to 13 persons killed and nearly 50 injured. [58]
2 April 1988Unidentified gunmen stormed into huts and houses across Punjab state and killed 37 people, Including seven children. [59]
12 May 1988 Operation Black Thunder II to remove militants from Harmandir Sahib [60]
20 May 1988A series of bombs allegedly planted by extremists exploded in Himachal Pradesh state buses. At least 10 people were killed. [61]
10 January 1990Senior Superintendent of Batala Police Gobind Ram killed in bomb blast in retaliation of police gang raping Sikh woman of Gora Choor village [62] [63]
16 June 199180 people killed on two trains by extremists [64]
17 October 1991 1991 Rudrapur bombings
25 February 1992Congress sweeps Punjab Assembly elections [65]
3 August 199229 hindus, first kidnapped and then killed by unidentified extremists in Uttarpradesh. [66]
7 January 1993Punjab's Biggest encounter done in village Chhichhrewal Tehsil Batala, 11 terrorists were encountered

[67]

1 March 1993 Gurbachan Singh Manochahal, the leader of is killed by the police. [68] [69]
3 September 1995CM Beant Singh killed in bomb blast [70]

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