1984

Comment in USA on Human Rights Violations in Punjab

Posted on July 27, 2008. Filed under: 1984, Contemporary History | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The legacy of India’s counter-terrorism
by Jaskaran Kaur
[Jaskaran Kaur is co-founder and executive director of ENSAAF [http://www.ensaaf.org], a nonprofit organization fighting impunity in India. Published in The Boston Globe on July 17, 2005.]

WHEN INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets with President Bush in Washington this week on his first official visit, and the first of [...]

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Some questions about Indian government’s conduct in 1984

Posted on March 18, 2008. Filed under: 1984, Contemporary History | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The Ghalughara – 1984
Questions that Remain Unanswered
Justice (Retd.) Ranjit Singh Narula*
[* Eminent jurist and former Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court. Article reproduced from The Sikh Review, September 2000]
The Government of Delhi State has, by a Notification dated May 08, 2000, assigned to Justice Nanavati all matters [...]

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1984: Excerpts from Citizens’ Commission report

Posted on March 16, 2008. Filed under: 1984, Contemporary History | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

1984: Massacre of Sikhs
Some Case Histories

From Report of the Citizens’ Commission, consisting of Justice S. M. Sikri, Badrud-Din Tyabji (Indian Civil Service), Rajeshwar Dayal (Indian Foreign Service), Govind Narain (Indian Civil Service) and TCA Srinivasavardan (Indian Administrative Service). The report was released just a few months after the massacre.

[Reproduced from The [...]

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Comment in year 2000 on “Operation Bluestar”

Posted on March 13, 2008. Filed under: 1984, Contemporary History | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

“Blind Men of Hindoostan”
Remembering Operation Bluestar
Satyendra Singh*
[* Rear Admiral (Retd.) Satyendra Singh was a Military historian and commentator. This article is reproduced from The Sikh Review of August 2000]
‘Blind Men of Hindoostan’ is the title of a book authored by General Krishnaswamy Sundarji, published in 1993. On the dust jacket [...]

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