NOVEMBER 1984 SIKH GENOCIDE (October 31, 1984 - November 4, 1984)

Ø SYSTEMATIC AND ORGANIZED KILLINGS OF SIKHS IN EIGHTEEN STATES AND MORE THAN HUNDRED CITIES ACROSS INDIA

More than 30,000 Sikhs killed throughout India (most burnt alive)

Hundreds of Sikh women gang raped throughout India by goons, police officers and civil administrators and told that next generation (after rape) will be loyal to Government of India

More than 300, 000 Sikhs displaced and rendered homeless

Hundreds of Gurudwaras and Guru Granth Sahibs (treated as living guru by Sikhs) burnt and desecrated in a systematic and planned way across India

Around 300 Sikh soldiers done to death in Uniform by fellow soldiers

120 Sikhs working at the Bokaro Steel Plant Jharkhand thrown alive into burning furnaces

Children as old as 13 days of age roasted alive on gas stoves in Kanpur and other cities in India

In Agartala, Tripura 40 Sikh families who took refuge in a police station to save their lives were burnt alive in the police station

In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 12 Sikhs were hanged from the ceiling at the railway platform
Small Children killed ruthlessly by pulling their legs apart while their mothers being raped

In Haryana and Madhya Pradesh Sikh women taken into hostage and raped during November 1984, still held in captivity by the goons.

Sikh women taken from refugee camps and raped even after November 6, 1984

Sikhs on public roads burnt alive, dragged out from trains and lynched on the railway platforms and set on fire

Property of Sikhs worth millions looted and destroyed

Ø THE MASSACRE TOOK PLACE IN THE FOLLOWING STATES RULED OR DOMINATED BY CONGRESS PARTY

1. DELHI
2. UTTARAKHAND
3. JAMMU AND KASHMIR
4. MADHYA PRADESH
5. MAHARASTRA
6. HIMACHAL PRADESH
7. JHARKHAND
8. TAMIL NADU
9. HARYANA
10. WEST BENGAL
11. GUJARAT
12. UTTAR PRADESH
13. CHATTISGARH
14. ANDHRA PRADESH
15. BIHAR
16. ORISSA
17. KERALA

Ø MASSACRE OF SIKHS PLANNED IN A MEETING ORGANISED AT 24 AKBAR ROAD, NEW DELHI ON OCTOBER 31, 1984 ATTENDED BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS PARTY INCLUDING JAGDISH TYTLER, SAJJAN KUMAR, H.K.L BHAGAT, KAMAL NATH, DHARAM DAS SHASTRI, LALIT MAKEN, ARJUN DAS AMONGST OTHERS

Ø STATE MEDIA SHOWED INFLAMMATORY SPEECHES AND SCENES. POPULAR MOVIE STARS LIKE AMITABH BACHAN SHOWN ON STATE TELEVISION RAISING SLOGANS LIKE "KHOON KA BADLA KHOON" (BLOOD FOR BLOOD)" AND "KHOON KI CHINTEY SIKHON KE GHAR TAK PAHUNCHNI CHAHIYE" (SPLASHES OF BLOOD SHOULD REACH THE DOORSTEPS OF SIKHS)

Ø POLICE COMMONDOS FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS MADHUBAN, HARYANA ON THE ORDERS OF BHAJAN LAL THE THEN CHIEF MINISTER OF HARYANA SEND TO COMMIT THE MASSACRE OF SIKHS

Ø EXPERT ARSONISTS AND PROFESSIONAL GOONS BROUGHT FROM OUTSIDE AND TRANSPORTED TO DIFFERENT AREAS IN GOVERNMENT BUSES. SUPPLIED WITH INFLAMMABLE MATERIALS TO BURN SIKHS, SIKH HOUSES, BUSINESSES AND SIKH TEMPLES.

Ø POLICE EITHER ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN COMMITTING THE MASSACRE OF SIKHS OR STOOD AS SILENT SPECTATORS WHILE SIKHS BURNT ALIVE. POLICE EVEN SUPPLIED DIESEL FROM POLICE JEEPS TO THE ARSONISTS. POLICE DISARMED THE SIKHS BEFORE MOBS ATTACKED THEM.

Ø NO CURFEW IMPOSED OR ARMY CALLED WHILE MOST OF THE KILLINGS TOOK PLACE. WHEN ARMY CALLED, DELIBERATELY DESIGNED TO BE INEFFECTIVE.

Ø AFTER 25 YEARS THE ORGANIZERS AND PERPETRATORS OF THE GENOCIDE ROAM FREE AND EVEN ENJOY POSITIONS OF POWER. NONE PUNISHED FOR KILLINGS OF THE SIKHS.

Ø TEN COMMISSIONS HAVE FAILED TO BRING JUSTICE. AFFIDAVITS FILED BEFORE COMMISSIONS FOUND LYING AT THE RESIDENCES OF THOSE ACCUSED OF ORGANIZING AND COMMITTING THE MASSACRE

NOT RIOTS BUT GENOCIDE