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Operation Blue Star

kiddan morniye

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I'm doing a paper on 1984: Operation Blue Star for English class, and was hoping someone with more knowledge could help me out with a question I have (and please feel free to post personal stories, thoughts, opinions, etc. for it will help immensely with my power point presentation)

One thing I've always wondered is why was it given the name 'Operation Blue Star'?
 

Mans

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Search the web man. I remember watching a documentary at my gurdwara called "Operation Blue Star". Made by some English people. And I think BBC made a new one as well


Edit: To answer your question it was just a code name. It was not given for any particular reason against the Sikhs.
 

kiddan morniye

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Trust me I've watched otherwise I wouldn't ask here. Yeah I know it was a code name but I'm just curious as to how/why it was chosen.
 

voxanimus

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I think it was named in a manner similar to that of the naming scheme for US operations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_operations they're named primarily to evoke an uplifting or noble sense, and they're tailored to have a sort of purport and majesty. the literal meaning has little to do with the purpose of the operation. like, according to that page, a US-driven initiative against child porn was called Operation Ore. wtf?
 

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I don't really have anything to add that'll help you out because I'm not really well educated on that topic but I think it would be a good idea if you posted up the presentation when your done so others can read about it too :)
 

kiddan morniye

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voxanimus said:
I think it was named in a manner similar to that of the naming scheme for US operations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_operations they're named primarily to evoke an uplifting or noble sense, and they're tailored to have a sort of purport and majesty. the literal meaning has little to do with the purpose of the operation. like, according to that page, a US-driven initiative against child porn was called Operation Ore. wtf?

thank you =)

BBC said:
I don't really have anything to add that'll help you out because I'm not really well educated on that topic but I think it would be a good idea if you posted up the presentation when your done so others can read about it too :)
I'll def. remember to do that =)
 

Multani

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Here you go bro, couldn't put it in better words than this paragraph..

"Operation Bluestar is regarded by some military observers in India and the international community as a military embarrassment, poorly conducted and managed. Many of the leaders of the military action were either assassinated or are as in the case of Major General Brar, in hiding for fear of being assassinated.

"Operation Bluestar" and "Ghallughara". Two different terms for the same episode - the Army action on the Golden Temple in June 1984. Two different meanings give to the same unprecedented event. "Operation Bluestar" in the Government's term, connoting a necessary military operation to flush out terrorists and recover arms from the Golden Temple, the implication being that it was an unavoidable cleansing act of purification. Where as "Ghallughara" is how the Sikhs of Punjab remember the episode, connoting aggression, massacre and religious persecution. The unmistakable allusion is to the killing in Punjab of tens of thousands of Sikhs by the Afgan raider, Ahmed Shah Abdali in 1762, after which the word "Ghallughara" was coined to become an integral part of the Punjabi folklore.

The contrast between "Operation Bluestar" and "Ghallughara" as two different perceptions of the same reality is symptomatic of the wide gap between the official version and the people's recollections of what really happened at the Golden Temple when the army attacked it in June 1984. Listening to the gripping eye-witness accounts of those who were inside Golden Temple at that time, we felt the need to tell the truth, the as-yet untold story and in the process to correct the Government's version as put out by the Army, the Press, the Radio, the T.V. and the White Paper."
 
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