List of terrorist incidents in Punjab (India)

This is a partial list of victims of violence in Punjab (India) during the 1980s and 1990s.

During the Punjab insurgency

Date Place Incident
29 Sep 1981 Separatists Hijack Indian Jetliner to Pakistan. All passengers rescued by Pakistani commandos.[1]
16 October 1981 Chandigarh IAS officer Mr. Naranjan Singh was attacked in the civil secretariat. He survived but his brother Surinder Singh ACSO of defence HQ was killed by the Sikh extremists.[2]
April 1983 Punjab police DIG A. S. Atwal murdered inside Harmandir Sahib, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, and his body left to rot. He had come to offer prayers unarmed when he was killed. [3]
5 October 1983 Dhilwan 6 Bus passengers aboard a bus traveling from Dhilwan in Kapurthala District to Jalandhar, all of them Hindus, killed by Sikh terrorists. In a separate incident, a police subinspector and a tax inspector were also killed aboard a train. By this time, more than 175 people had been killed by the militants in various incidents.[4]
6 October 1983 Some Sikh groups announce the creation of Khalistan President's rule is imposed by the Government India in an attempt to bring order in Punjab. [4]
8 October 1983 Punjab Police Are Given Broad Powers[5]
14 October 1983 A festival bombed in Chandigarh[6]
21 October 1983 Gobindgarh Massacre of Hindu passengers by Sikh militants[7][8][9]
9 Feb 1984 Sikh militants kill two Sikh men belonging to a breakaway group, and also bomb a wedding procession[10]
23 Feb 1984 11 Hindus pulled off from trains and buses and killed by Sikh militants ; 27 more wounded.[11]
1 January 1984 to 3 June 1984 Various places in Punjab 298 people had been killed in violence in five months preceding Operation Blue Star.[12]
3 June to 8 June 1984 Amritsar 3000 (unofficial figure) people killed including Sikh militants holed up inside the Harmandir Sahib temple complex and army troops fighting them and civilians caught in the cross fire between militants and the Indian army in Golden Temple which was termed as operation Blue Star.
12 September 1984 Batala 8 bus passengers killed.
Feb 86 Nakodar 15 persons killed and many injured in indiscriminate firing by State police
6 March 1986 Kapurthala Many civilians killed in indiscriminate firing by terrorists.
28 March 1986 Ludhiana 13 people killed in indiscriminate firing in Dresi ground.
29 March 1986 Mallian, Jalandhar 20 labourers killed by terrorists.
25 July 1986 Mukatsar 15 bus passengers gunned down.
31 October 1986 Ludhiana 8 migrant and local industrial workers gunned down in indiscriminate firing on Daba road.
30 November 1986 Khudda 24 bus passengers gunned down.
January 87 Congress Sikh MLA Sant Singh Liddar murdered.[13]
8 May 1987 Sukhdev Singh, the son of the moderate Akali leader Jiwan Singh Umranangal murdered by the militants. In 1986, Jiwan Singh had undertaken a door to door campaign in the Majha region, meeting the families of the militants and asking for their help in convincing the militants to give up the violence.[14]
19 May 1987 Tarn Taran Deepak Dhawan, the General Secretary Punjab unit of CPI(M)
Jul 87 Lalru 80 bus passengers killed in Fatehabad on three Haryana Roadways buses.
3 July 1987 Gurnam Singh Uppal, a moderate Sikh leader and the President of the Punjab unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India, killed
6 August 1987 Jagdev Kalan 13 people gunned down.
28 September 1987 Alawalpur 5 killed and 8 injured, firing near Geetha Bhawan.
20 October 1987 Delhi 12 persons shot dead at various places in Delhi on Diwali day.
15 January 1988 Dhadial Nijhran, village near Batala 8 members of a family including 2 women and 3 children killed
19 February 1988 Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Patiala Bombs exploded by Babbar Khalsa. 120 person killed.
2 March 1988 Bhaian 8 members of a family killed.
3 March 1988 Kahri sahri 35 persons shot dead, 50 others injured, indiscriminate firing at a festival gathering by terrorists.
29 March 1988 Bhathe (Kartarpur) 2 Persons shot dead by militants
31 March 1988 Rajbah 18 members of a Rajput family shot dead at village the Rajbah under police station.
2 April 1988 Ramgam 6 persons massacred in this village under P.S. Gharinda. 18 more persons killed in other parts.
15 May 1988 Samana, Patiala 26 persons killed, 100 others injured in different incidents
16 May 1988 Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur 40 persons gunned down, 100 others injured in different incidents
17 May 1988 Kharar 35 labourers massacred.
24 May 1988 Dhaliwal (Nakodar) 6 members of a family murdered.
19 June 1988 Kurukshetra 2 bombs blasted during Ramayana (TV serial) telecast at a shop, killing 15 persons.
22 June 1988 Raman Mandi, Bathinda Social Worker Baldev Raj Mittal gunned down
7 September 1988 Rure Aasal (Amritsar district) 15 rail passengers killed, 25 injured at Rure Aasal railway station.
25 June 1989 Moga 26 Swayamsevaks of the RSS who were participating in the daily shakha conducted at Nehru Park were shot dead by some Khalistani terrorists who came on motorcycles, raised provocative slogans and started firing indiscriminately.
7 March 1990 Abohar 32 shot dead in indiscriminate firing in crowded bazaar
22 November 1990 Aliwal BATALA gsp Bank dacoity in Aliwal and Guard killed
15 June 1991 Ludhiana district 1991 Punjab killings, 80 passengers killed
6 January 1993 Chhichhrewal (Gurdaspur) 11 Terrorists encountered

After end of Punjab insurgency

On 31 August 1995, Chief minister Beant Singh was killed by a suicide bomber. The pro-Khalistan group Babbar Khalsa claimed responsibility for the assassination, but "security authorities" were reported to be doubtful of the truth of that claim.[15] A 2006 press release by the Embassy of the United States in New Delhi indicated that the responsible organization was the Khalistan Commando Force.[16]

The Indian Express reported in its online edition on 19 June 2006 that the Khalistan Zindabad Force(KZF) was behind bomb blasts in Jalandhar, India, at the Inter-State Bus Terminus that left three people killed and injured 12. A police spokesman said the attack was planned by a pair of KZF leaders, one based in Pakistan and one in Canada, and executed by a "local criminal".[17]

On 14 October 2007, Six people were killed and 32 injured in a bomb blast at Shingaar cinema hall,Ludhiana.[18]

On 24 September 2009, the Punjab Police arrested two Babbar Khalsa militants involved in the assassination of Rulda Singh, president of the Punjab Rashtriya Sikh Sangat who was shot at and seriously injured by two unidentified persons at his residence near New Grain market on 29 July.[19]

On 27 July 2015, Insurgent Gunmen from Pakistan in Army fatigues attacked a Police Station in Gurdaspur. 7 people died including Gurdaspur SP and 3 terrorist also gunned down by Punjab Police SWAT Team.

On 2 January 2016, some terrorists who crossed the border from Pakistan illegally armed with weapons attacked the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot. 6 terrorist and 7 soldiers were killed in it.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kaufman, Michael T. (30 September 1981). "Sikh Separatists Hijack Indian Jetliner to Pakistan". New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. ↑ K. S. Saxena; Anil Gupta (1985). Indian democracy: Recent trends & issues. Anmol.
  3. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dig-avtar-singh-atwal-brutally-murdered-outside-golden-temple-in-amritsar/1/371590.html,
  4. 1 2 "Indian Government takes over a state swept by religious strife". 7 October 1983. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Stevens, William K. (8 October 1983). "Punjab Police Are Given Broad Powers". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Stevens, William K. (16 October 1983). "Mrs. Gandhi Says Terrorism Will Fail". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Hans Raj Khanna (1987). Terrorism in Punjab: Cause and Cure. Panchnad Research Institute. p. 93.
  8. ↑ Violence, rioting, terrorism in Indian Punjab during last 35 years
  9. ↑ "IREF". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  10. ↑ Hazarika, Sanjoy (9 February 1984). "General Strike Disrupts Punjab". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ "11 HINDUS KILLED IN PUNJAB UNREST, WILLIAM K. STEVENS, The New York Times, Feb 23, 1984". 23 February 1984. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  12. ↑ Robert L. Hardgrave; Stanley A. Kochanek (2008). India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation. Cengage Learning. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-495-00749-4. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  13. ↑ Guru Nanak Journal of Sociology. Sociology Department, Guru Nanak Dev University. 1997. p. 44. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  14. ↑ "Akali leader Umranangal passes away". Chandigarh: The Tribune. 1998-11-08. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  15. ↑ "Issue Paper INDIA SIKHS IN PUNJAB 1994-95". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. February 1996. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  16. ↑ "U.S. Court Convicts Khalid Awan for Supporting Khalistan Commando Force". Embassy of the United States in New Delhi, India. 20 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
  17. ↑ "KZF behind Jalandhar blasts". The Indian Express. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  18. ↑ http://www.arabnews.com/node/304622
  19. ↑ United News of India (24 September 2009). "Punjab Police arrest two Babbar Khalsa terrorists". centralchronicle.com. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
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Bibliography

  • Knights of Falsehood, KPS Gill, 1997
  • Global security watch, Satyapal Dang, 2008
  • Sikhs Slay 13 Hindus In Punjab, United Press International, 29 March 1986
  • Sikh Extremists Open Fire On Top Punjab Police Official, 4 October 1986 The New York Times
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