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“Almost as many Sikhs died in a few days in India in 1984 than all the deaths and disappearances in Chile during the 17 year military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet b/w 1973 and 1990” wrote Barbara Crossette, NYT.
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“Almost as many Sikhs died in a few days in India in 1984 than all the deaths and disappearances in Chile during the 17 year military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet b/w 1973 and 1990” wrote Barbara Crossette, NYT.
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In the wake of Indira Gandhi's assassination on Oct 31, 1984, 3000 Sikhs were massacred in Delhi and an estimated 8000 in other parts of the country. 50000 families were uprooted. The streets of Delhi were echoing with "Kill them." "Burn them” "Let nothing remain of...
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..this community, not a trace." Hundreds of dead bodies were cremated secretly. “na rahega baans na rahegi bansuri” was the motto. Indira Gandhi was termed as Durga Maata and Sikhs were called traitors. In an unprecedented move, the Supreme court was locked for four days...
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..while this blood bath was going on. Like the Gujarat pogrom, police tacitly approved the mass killings.
In Kotla Mubarak, a domestic help told the party workers of Gurchaan Singh Babbar that the police instigated the mob with statements like:
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In Kotla Mubarak, a domestic help told the party workers of Gurchaan Singh Babbar that the police instigated the mob with statements like:
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“We gave you 36 hrs to finish the Sikhs, but what did you do? Had we given the same amount of time to Sikhs they would have finished you all" The survivors in Kingsway Camp claimed that 70% of the loot from Sikh establishments could be found in local police station.
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According to a report on Nanaksar relief camp, it is difficult to describe the brutality with which people were killed in 3 days. 150 Sikhs belonging to different families who took shelter in this camp were killed. There are 72 widows in age group 20-45 from here alone.
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There were three types of Congress workers who organised the massacre: Those who identified Sikh houses and drew up proper lists, those who organised the mobs and directed them to the targets and, finally, those who provided the 'arsenal' for the carnage.
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School registers were searched to identify Sikh houses. Houses and other property were marked with alphabets X, D (D) and S in an operation akin to what Nazis did to establishments of Jews in Germany. Ration card and Voters' lists were also obtained to identify houses.
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Even more significant is the fact that in Trilokpuri, Mongolpuri and Sultanpuri, local Congress party leaders led the killer mobs. These colonies were set up under Congress party's urbanisation programme and the population here has since 1984 a solid support.
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The Mishra commission was setup to investigate the #SikhGenocide. But Justice Mishra gave a clean chit to the Congress party by concluding the inquiry on this note: ”No congress leader was involved in the violence”
This, despite the fact that, the question, whether the..
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This, despite the fact that, the question, whether the..
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..Congress party had a hand in the anti-Sikh violence, was not even listed in the scope of inquiry. The Commission received 2905 affidavits but it selected only 128 out of them as proof. Nobody knows what the selection criterion was.
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Justice Mishra was suitably rewarded for this. His next posting (from an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court) was the Chief Justice of India. And later on, he became the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) set up by a Congress government.
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It remains a mystery why govt took so long to call the army. As per section 130-31 of the Criminal Procedure Code (C.R.P.C.), even a Superintendent of police (S.P) and the head of the civil administration, the District Commissionor (DC), have the authority to seek army's help.
Besides, the services of para military forces are certainly available to the civil authorities. The rules are clear about the circumstances under which the army can be called (under section 130 of the C.R.P.C):
“If mob posing a threat to public peace cannot be dispersed..
“If mob posing a threat to public peace cannot be dispersed..
through regular means, the District Magistrate can seek army's intervention to do so. The Magistrate has the power to contact the top officers of any of the defence forces and seek their help to his or her district. The Magistrate can also order the arrest of the trouble-makers”
On the other hand, a few days later, when Indira Gandhi's corpse needed a military escort, 3000 army men and a 1000 from navy and air, were readily available. But they were never instructed in the first few days to stop the atrocities committed during the #SikhGenocide
Sikhs have been told to “Forgive and Forget”. Gurchaan Singh Babbar writes in his book “Sarkary Qatl e Aam” that a senior govt official came to meet him alongwith a top Sikh industrialist.
"Babbar saab, we have come to ask you for a favour."
Sure, I will do it, if I can."
"Babbar saab, we have come to ask you for a favour."
Sure, I will do it, if I can."
"We knew you would not disappoint us." they cheered up.
“Babbar saab you have done a lot on the November 1984 issue, spent so many years of your life on it. Isn't it time we closed this sad chapter? It will bring relief both to the victims and to the country.”
“Babbar saab you have done a lot on the November 1984 issue, spent so many years of your life on it. Isn't it time we closed this sad chapter? It will bring relief both to the victims and to the country.”
Gurchaan Singh Babbar replied:
"You forget Indira Gandhi. Let nobody ever visit her grave. Forget it is a national monument. Forget Rajiv Gandhi. Release all those directly or indirectly involved in his killing of jail. Forget they ever lived."
The two men never came again.
"You forget Indira Gandhi. Let nobody ever visit her grave. Forget it is a national monument. Forget Rajiv Gandhi. Release all those directly or indirectly involved in his killing of jail. Forget they ever lived."
The two men never came again.
Following are the lists of those individuals who were involved in the #SikhGenocide of November, 1984.
The source of these details is the book “Indian Government Organized Carnage (Sarkari Qatl-e-aam)” authored by Gurcharan Singh Babbar.
The source of these details is the book “Indian Government Organized Carnage (Sarkari Qatl-e-aam)” authored by Gurcharan Singh Babbar.
Following are the lists of those politicians and police officers who were accomplices and inadvertently supported the #SikhGenocide.
Rajiv Gandhi who took over as the PM justified the #SikhGenocide by saying:
“WHEN A GREAT TREE FALLS THE EARTH SHAKES”
A heart wrenching account of victims is shared in this thread. https://twitter.com/tequieremos/status/1190142579867897856?s=19
“WHEN A GREAT TREE FALLS THE EARTH SHAKES”
A heart wrenching account of victims is shared in this thread. https://twitter.com/tequieremos/status/1190142579867897856?s=19
RSS not only participated but justified the #SikhGenocide. A document titled 'Moments of Soul Searching' was circulated by Deshmukh who was an ideologue of the RSS on Nov 8, 1984:
‘The massacre of Sikhs was not the handiwork of a group but result of a genuine feeling of anger’.
‘The massacre of Sikhs was not the handiwork of a group but result of a genuine feeling of anger’.
