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TIL of Operation Blue Star. Today marks 36 years since the start of the Sikh genocide. Thousands of Indian army troops were deployed to kill innocent Sikhs under the orders of Indra Gandhi. Over the 10 days Sikhs were looted, tortured & murdered.

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