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Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar where the Operation Blue Star took place.

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I asked Rajiv to be frank. I had no love for office or power. I could walk out any time. I was like a sojourner in an inn.

All I could do was to ask the prime minister of the country not to allow the blood of innocents be spilled for the crime committed by two misguided security men.

During his visit to South Africa.

He worked to defeat the forces of communalism and exploitation in Punjab during the period 1962-72. In 1972, he became the Chief Minister of Punjab and ushered industrialization and green revolution. - Scharada Dubey.

Towards the end of May 1984, Indira Gandhi mentioned nonchalantly that some people had suggested to her to send the police into the golden temple complex to flush out militants entrenched therein, but he was not exactly convinced on this course as it was likely to have an unfavorable fall out. But at the same time, she said she could not see any alternative.

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