Event anniversary

Operation Blue Star

Took place on June 8, 1984

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The 43rd anniversary falls on June 8, 2027, in 226 days.

Operation Blue Star was a military operation by the Indian Armed Forces conducted between 1 and 10 June 1984, with the stated objective of removing Damdami Taksal leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and militants from the buildings of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of Sikhism, in Amritsar.

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