23 June: Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minsiter of India…

23 June

On this day in 1984

Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minsiter of India, vists Darbar Sahib after operation Bluestar

All Singh Sahibans were present but boycotted this visit. No saroopa was given as a protest and exhibition of Sikh anger.

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1982Sikh shops burned in Patiala

June in Sikh History

Jun 1Black Day in Sikh history - CRPF and BSF fired upon and damaged Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar
Jun 2Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s forces annexed the province of Multan into the Sikh State, after several years of fierce battles
Jun 3GurSikhs courting arrest under Dharam Ud Morcha numbered over 235000
Jun 4Operation Bluestar: Indian armed forces invaded Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar and more than 120 other shrines
Jun 5Operation Bluestar: Fierce battle in Golden Temple Complex, Sri Akal Takhat is attacked with heavy artillery and tanks
Jun 6Guru Har Gobind Sahib fought and won the first battle of Amritsar against the Mughal army
Jun 7GurSikhs from rural Punjab march to defend Sri Darbar Sahib despite the heavy presence of armed forces
Jun 8The succession battle for Delhi throne was fought among Aurangzeb’s sons, Tara Azam and Bahadur Shah
Jun 9Shaheedi of Banda Singh Bahadur
Jun 10Remaining Sikhs captured with Baba Banda Singh Bahadur were beheaded
Jun 11Gurgaddi Divas of Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji
Jun 12Firing can be clearly heard in the broadcast of Hukam from darbar Sahib, Amritsar
Jun 13Khalsa Akhbar newspaper in Gurmukhi started in Lahore
Jun 14Janam Utsav, Sahibjada Baba Fateh Singh Ji
Jun 15Foundation Stone of Sri Akal Takhat is laid by Sri Guru Har Gobind Sahib Ji
Jun 16Shaheedi Divas of Guru Arjan Dev Ji
Jun 17Supreme Sikh Council decided to demolish the damaged Akal Takhat and to allocate the KarSewa for its rebuilding to Sant…
Jun 18First elections to the Central Board under the Gurudwara Act
Jun 19Guru Har Rai was married to Mata Krishen Kaur, daughter of Baba Daya Ram, of Bulsand-shair
Jun 20Guru Tegh Bahadhur Ji arrested in Delhi
Jun 21Guru Tegh Bahadhur Ji visited Banaras
Jun 22Panj Payaras excummunicated Baba Sant Singh Ji for co-operating with the Indian government
Jun 23Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minsiter of India, vists Darbar Sahib after operation Bluestar
Jun 24Punjabi University established
Jun 259th Shahidi Jatha of 500 Akalis, led by Sardar Kaesar Singh of Vidang (Amritsar), courted arrest upon reaching Jaito
Jun 26Baba Nihal Singh Hariawalae arrested
Jun 27Deputy Commissioner Amritsar, criticised the false rumours - naked girls, heroin, drugs, alcohol
Jun 28Ujagar Singh, acting President, Akali Dal and Atma Singh
Jun 29First meeting of Akali Dal in Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, after Operation Bluestar
Jun 30Babbar Khalsa International Conference, Montreal