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 1983 Dhilwan Bus massacre. 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.
10 and 11 May 1985 New Delhi 85 people were killed in serial bomb blasts by Khalistanis which occurred during consecutive days at various places across New Delhi and its neighboring Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. 59 people had died on the spot while the rest succumbed to injuries after being Hospitalized. The terrorists used transistor bombs in a train and 2 buses. They also planted bombs in crowded places like Market and Public Park.[13][14][15]
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.[16]
8 May 1987 Sukhdev Singh, the son of the moderate Akali leader Jiwan Singh Umranangal, was 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.[17]
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, was 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. 12 to 13 persons killed and nearly 50 injured.[18]
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.
19 January 1990 Ballagan, Amritsar 8 Hindu villagers shot down by militants
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
11 September 1993 12 people killed in bomb blast that was an assassination attempt on Youth Congress(I) Punjab minister Maninderjit Bitta {{[19]}}
25 February 1994 Rajasthan Leader of Khalistan Liberation Force Navneet Singh Khadian encountered by Punjab Police
31 August 1995 Chandigarh Punjab's Chief Minister Beant Singh belonging to Congress party along with 17 others killed by a suicide bomber
6 September 1995 Jhabel Human Rights Activist Jaswant Singh Khalra kidnapped from his house and killed by unidentified men.

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.[20] A 2006 press release by the Embassy of the United States in New Delhi indicated that the responsible organization was the Khalistan Commando Force.[21]

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".[22]

On 22 May 2005, Consecutive bomb blasts took place in the Liberty cinema and Satyam cinema in New Delhi during the screeing of the movie Jo Jo Bole So Nihaal (film) in which 3 people died and dozens were injured. The movie was being opposed by a section of intellectual Sikhs.[23]

On 14 October 2007, Six people were killed and 32 injured in a bomb blast at Shingaar cinema hall,Ludhiana.[24]

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.[25]

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. Six 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. Thukral, Gobind (23 July 2013). "DIG Avtar Singh Atwal brutally murdered outside Golden Temple in Amritsar". India Today. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. "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". www.thenews.com.pk. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  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. https://m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/1985-transistor-blast-case-stuck-for-20-yrs/articleshow/1296696.cms
  14. |-https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/12/world/india-siezes-1500-as-deaths-mount-in-bomb-attacks.html
  15. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/11/world/sikhs-said-to-kill-59-and-wound-150-in-india-attacks.html
  16. Guru Nanak Journal of Sociology. Sociology Department, Guru Nanak Dev University. 1997. p. 44. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  17. "Akali leader Umranangal passes away". Chandigarh: The Tribune. 8 November 1998. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  18. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/02/20/courts-bombed-in-indias-punjab/8b453431-8cee-43db-8a6d-ab0223a364e5/
  19. https://gulfnews.com/today-history/today-in-history-september-11-1993--12-die-in-delhi-blast-1.2276877/
  20. "Issue Paper INDIA SIKHS IN PUNJAB 1994-95". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. February 1996. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  21. "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 30 May 2009.
  22. "KZF behind Jalandhar blasts". The Indian Express. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  23. "Cinemas bombed as film angers Sikhs". The Guardian. 23 May 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  24. "Ludhiana Blast, a 'Terrorist Attack'". Arab News. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  25. United News of India (24 September 2009). "Punjab Police arrest two Babbar Khalsa terrorists". centralchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2009.

Bibliography
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  • 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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