Operation Blue Star (English Wikipedia)

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Bhanwar, Harbir Singh (13 October 2013). "Interview". ABP News. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

akaltakhtsahib.com

"Architecture & History". akaltakhtsahib.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

archive.org

Tully, Mark; Jacob, Satish (1985). Amritsar, Mrs. Gandhi's last battle. Internet Archive. Calcutta : Rupa & Co. p. 163.
Sidhu, G.B.S. (9 March 2001). The Khalistan Conspiracy – A Former R&aw Officer Unravels The Path To 1984. HarperCollins. p. 172. ISBN 9789390327737.
Dr. Gurmit Singh. History Of Sikh Struggles Vol III. p. 98.
Sidhu, G.B.S (9 March 2001). The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&aw Officer Unravels The Path To 1984. p. 176.
Grewal, J. S. (1998). The Sikhs of the Punjab (The New Cambridge History of India II.3) (Revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 205–241. ISBN 978-1316025338. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
G. S. Basran; B. Singh Bolaria (2003). The Sikhs in Canada: Migration, Race, Class, and Gender. Oxford University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0195648867. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
Giorgio Shani (2008). Sikh nationalism and identity in a global age. Routledge. pp. 51–60. ISBN 978-0415421904.

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news.bbc.co.uk

"1984: Indian prime minister shot dead". BBC News. 31 October 1984. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.

bbc.com

"Golden Temple attack: UK advised India but impact 'limited'." BBC News. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2020. "The adviser suggested using an element of surprise, as well as helicopters, to try to keep casualty numbers low—features which were not part of the final operation, Mr Hague said."

books.google.com

Jerryson, Michael (15 July 2020). Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-5991-5.
Rikhye, Ravi (1990). The Militarization of Mother India. Chanakya Publications. p. 134. ISBN 978-81-7001-060-9.
Prasad, Shankar (2005). The Gallant Dogras: An Illustrated History of the Dogra Regiment. Lancer Publishers. pp. 198–199. ISBN 978-81-7062-268-0.
Bennett, R. M. (31 August 2011). Elite Forces. Random House. ISBN 978-0-7535-4764-9.
Brar, K. S. (1993). Operation Blue Star: The True Story. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 121. ISBN 978-81-85944-29-6.
Brar, K. S. (1993). Operation Blue Star: The True Story. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 55. ISBN 978-81-85944-29-6.
Karim, Afsir (1991). Counter Terrorism, the Pakistan Factor. Lancer Publishers. pp. 33–36. ISBN 978-8170621270.
Ram Narayan Kumar; Amrik Singh; Ashok Agrwaal (2003). Reduced to Ashes: The Insurgency and Human Rights in Punjab : Final Report. South Asia Forum for Human RIghts. p. 36. ISBN 978-9993353577.
White Paper on the Punjab Agitation. Shiromani Akali Dal and Government of India. 1984. p. 169.
Jugdep S Chima (2008). The Sikh Separatist Insurgency in India: Political Leadership and Ethnonationalist Movements. Sage Publishing India. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-9351509530.
Kiss, Peter A. (2014). Winning Wars amongst the People: Case Studies in Asymmetric Conflict (Illustrated ed.). Potomac Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1612347004.
Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon (1996). Truth About Punjab: SGPC White Paper. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar. p. 245. GGKEY:5BNR2KUYRHJ.
Kaur, Amarjit (2004). The Punjab Story. Lotus. ISBN 978-8174369123.
Anderson, L.D. (2013). Federal Solutions to Ethnic Problems: Accommodating Diversity. Exeter studies in ethno politics. Routledge. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-415-78161-9. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
Sumit Ganguly; Larry Diamond; Marc F. Plattner (2007). The State of India's Democracy. JHU Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8018-8791-8. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
Ray, Jayanta Kumar (2007). Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000: South Asia and the World. Pearson Education India. p. 484. ISBN 978-8131708347. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
Alvin William Wolfe; Honggang Yang (1996). Anthropological Contributions to Conflict Resolution. University of Georgia Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8203-1765-6. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
Christopher Andrew (2006). The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the Third World: Newly Revealed Secrets from the Mitrokhin Archive. Basic Books. p. 152. ISBN 978-0465003136.
Christopher Andrew (2014). The Mitrokhin Archive II: The KGB in the World. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 278–. ISBN 978-0141977980.
Christopher Andrew (2014). The Mitrokhin Archive II: The KGB in the World. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 279–. ISBN 978-0141977980.
Subramanian Swamy (1992). Building a New India: An Agenda for National Renaissance. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 18. ISBN 978-8185674216.
Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (27 March 2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 575. ISBN 978-0-19-100411-7.
Martin, Gus (2011). The Sage Encyclopedia of Terrorism (Second ed.). Sage Publications. p. 544. ISBN 978-1483305646.
Mahmood, Cynthia Keppley (1996). Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues with Sikh Militants. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0812215922.
Fair, C. Christine; Ganguly, Šumit (2008). Treading on hallowed ground: counterinsurgency operations in sacred spaces. Oxford University Press US. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-0195342048.
Gill, K.P.S. and Khosla, S (2017). Punjab: The Enemies Within : Travails of a Wounded Land Riddled with Toxins. Bookwise (India) Pvt. Limited. ISBN 978-8187330660.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Guha, Ramachandra (2008). India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy (illustrated, reprint ed.). Macmillan. ISBN 978-0330396110.
Crenshaw, Martha (2010). Terrorism in Context. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0271044422.
Robert L. Hardgrave; Stanley A. Kochanek (2008). India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0495007494. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
Inderjit Singh Jaijee; Dona Suri (2019). The Legacy of Militancy in Punjab: Long Road to 'Normalcy'. Sage Publishing India. p. 51. ISBN 978-9353287153.
Mahmood, Cynthia Keppley (1996). Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues with Sikh Militants. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0812215922.
Singh, Harjinder (2008). Game of Love. Akaal Publishers. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-0-9554587-1-2.
Robert J. Art; Louise Richardson (2007). Democracy and Counterterrorism: Lessons from the Past. US Institute of Peace Press. p. 444. ISBN 978-1929223930.
Michael Angelo (1997). The Sikh Diaspora: Tradition and Change in an Immigrant Community. Taylor & Francis. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-0815329855.
Pettigrew, Joyce (1995). The Sikhs of the Punjab: unheard voices of State and Guerilla violence. Zed Books. ISBN 978-1856493550.
Singh, Harjinder (2014). Reflections on 1984. West Midlands, U.K.: Akaal Publishers. p. 203. ISBN 978-0955458736.

csmonitor.com

Weaver, Mary Anne (15 October 1984). "India's Sikhs are bitter as Army tries to weed out 'militants'". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

dnaindia.com

"Operation Blue Star: India's first tryst with militant extremism". Dnaindia.com. 5 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

dnd.com.pk

Cheema, Shazia Anwar (7 June 2021). "Operation Blue Star is yet to be concluded". DND.

doi.org

Hassner, Ron E. (2006). "Fighting insurgency on sacred ground". The Washington Quarterly. 29 (2). Informa UK Limited: 149–166. doi:10.1162/wash.2006.29.2.149. ISSN 0163-660X. S2CID 110929395.
Barua, Pradeep P. (October 1992). "Ethnic Conflict in the Military of Developing Nations: A Comparative Analysis of India and Nigeria". Armed Forces & Society. 19 (1): 123–137. doi:10.1177/0095327X9201900106. ISSN 0095-327X. S2CID 145283886.
Kundu, Apurba (1994). "The Indian Armed Forces' Sikh and Non-Sikh Officers' Opinions of Operation Blue Star". Pacific Affairs. 67 (1): 46–69. doi:10.2307/2760119. ISSN 0030-851X. JSTOR 2760119.
Hardgrave, Robert L. (1985). "India in 1984: Confrontation, Assassination, and Succession". Asian Survey. 25 (2): 131–144. doi:10.2307/2644297. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2644297.
Telford, Hamish (1992). "The Political Economy of Punjab: Creating Space for Sikh Militancy". Asian Survey. 46 (11): 984. doi:10.2307/2645265. JSTOR 2645265.

gov.uk

Hague, William. 2014. "Allegations of UK Involvement in the Indian Operation at Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar 1984." (Policy paper). Available as a PDF. Retrieved 17 May 2020. "The FCO files (Annex E) record the Indian Intelligence Co-ordinator telling a UK interlocutor, in the same time-frame as this public Indian report, that some time after the UK military adviser's visit the Indian Army took over lead responsibility for the operation, the main concept behind the operation changed, and a frontal assault was attempted, which contributed to the large number of casualties on both sides."

hindustantimes.com

"SGPC seeks control of Golden Temple galliara, heritage street". 31 July 2021.
"Operation Bluestar: Seven people who changed the course of Indian history in 1984". Hindustan Times. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

india-today.com

Singh, Tavleen. "Prophet of Hate: J S Bhindranwale". India Today. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.

indianarmy.nic.in

"The Official Home Page of the Indian Army". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

indianexpress.com

"Operation Bluestar: Rare pictures from Express archives". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
"Golden Temple: Galiara haven for drug addicts, cops claim 'no info'". 12 July 2016.

indiatimes.com

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Singh, I. P. (22 December 2019). "Being Badals". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

indiatimes.com

Garima, Satija (12 March 2022). "Here Is Why People Don't Want Diljit Dosanjh To Play Jaswant Singh Khalra In His Biopic". India Times. India. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

indiatoday.in

"What happened during 1984 Operation Blue Star?". India Today. Retrieved 12 September 2019. Official reports put the number of deaths among the Indian army near about 83 and they put the number of civilian deaths at 493, though independent estimates ran much higher.
"The untold story before Operation Bluestar". India Today. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
June 6, India Today Web Desk. "What happened during 1984 Operation Blue Star?". India Today. Retrieved 9 February 2021. Official reports put the number of deaths among the Indian army at 83 and the number of civilian deaths at 492, though independent estimates ran much higher.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
"Punjab: Anguish & anger". 15 March 1984. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
"DSGMC president Harbans Singh Manchanda murder in Delhi sends security forces in a tizzy". India Today. 30 April 1984. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
Pachauri, Pankaj (15 August 1989). "Terrorists adopt new strategy to intimidate media in Punjab". India Today. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
"Operation Bluestar: Answers to some unanswered questions". India Today. 15 August 1984. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
"Israel's invisible hand behind Operation Blue Star of 1984". India Today. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
"The untold story before Operation Bluestar". India Today. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
"From the India Today archives (1984) | Operation Bluestar: The inside story". India Today. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

intoday.in

indiatoday.intoday.in

Unnithan, Sandeep. "Indira Gandhi considered secret commando raid before Operation Bluestar". India Today. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

jantakareporter.com

Jawaid, Rifat (16 May 2017). "Operation Blue Star wouldn't be there if Sikhs had gathered together to throw Bhindranwale".

jstor.org

Mahmood, Cynthia Keppley (1996). Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues with Sikh Militants. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8122-1592-2. JSTOR j.ctt3fhs4b.
Kundu, Apurba (1994). "The Indian Armed Forces' Sikh and Non-Sikh Officers' Opinions of Operation Blue Star". Pacific Affairs. 67 (1): 46–69. doi:10.2307/2760119. ISSN 0030-851X. JSTOR 2760119.
Hardgrave, Robert L. (1985). "India in 1984: Confrontation, Assassination, and Succession". Asian Survey. 25 (2): 131–144. doi:10.2307/2644297. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2644297.
Telford, Hamish (1992). "The Political Economy of Punjab: Creating Space for Sikh Militancy". Asian Survey. 46 (11): 984. doi:10.2307/2645265. JSTOR 2645265.
Jetly, Rajshree (2008). "The Khalistan Movement in India: The Interplay of Politics and State Power". International Review of Modern Sociology. 34 (1): 67. JSTOR 41421658.

latimes.com

articles.latimes.com

"Sikh Leader in Punjab Accord Assassinated". LA Times. Times Wire Services. 21 August 1985. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2018. The Punjab violence reached a peak in June, 1984, when the army attacked the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest Sikh shrine, killing hundreds of Sikh militants who lived in the temple complex, and who the government said had turned it into an armory for Sikh terrorism.

nytimes.com

"Temple Raid: Army's Order was Restraint". The New York Times. 15 June 1984. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
Weishan, Steven R. (1 May 1986). "Indian policemen raid Sikh temple". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

select.nytimes.com

"India is set to drop prosecution of AP reporter in Punjab Case". The New York Times. Associated Press. 14 September 1985. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2009.

query.nytimes.com

"Indian Police Question Reporter on Amritsar". The New York Times. Associated Press. 24 November 1984. Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2009.

outlookindia.com

"'Limited Impact On Operation Blue Star'". Outlook. 4 February 2022.

oxfordscholarship.com

Singh, Khushwant (2005). The Anandpur Sahib Resolution and Other Akali Demands. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908059-5. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

pressreader.com

"Golden Temple's galiara, a picture of complete neglect". Retrieved 24 September 2023 – via PressReader.

publishing.service.gov.uk

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

Hague, William. 2014. "Allegations of UK Involvement in the Indian Operation at Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar 1984." (Policy paper). Available as a PDF. Retrieved 17 May 2020. "The FCO files (Annex E) record the Indian Intelligence Co-ordinator telling a UK interlocutor, in the same time-frame as this public Indian report, that some time after the UK military adviser's visit the Indian Army took over lead responsibility for the operation, the main concept behind the operation changed, and a frontal assault was attempted, which contributed to the large number of casualties on both sides."

rediff.com

Amberish K Diwanji (3 June 2004). "Pakistan would have recognised Khalistan". The Rediff Interview/Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar (retired). Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.

in.rediff.com

Amberish K Diwanji (4 June 2004). "There is a limit to how much a country can take". The Rediff Interview/Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar (retired). Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.

scroll.in

Guha, Ramachandra (7 June 2015). "The Bhindranwale cult: How politics allowed an obscure preacher to challenge Indian democracy". Scroll.in.

semanticscholar.org

api.semanticscholar.org

Hassner, Ron E. (2006). "Fighting insurgency on sacred ground". The Washington Quarterly. 29 (2). Informa UK Limited: 149–166. doi:10.1162/wash.2006.29.2.149. ISSN 0163-660X. S2CID 110929395.
Barua, Pradeep P. (October 1992). "Ethnic Conflict in the Military of Developing Nations: A Comparative Analysis of India and Nigeria". Armed Forces & Society. 19 (1): 123–137. doi:10.1177/0095327X9201900106. ISSN 0095-327X. S2CID 145283886.

sgpc.net

"Sarai Info – Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee". Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

sikhcoalition.org

Sandhu, Ranbir S. (May 1997). Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale – Life, Mission, and Martyrdom (PDF). pp. 57–58. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

telegraphindia.com

Dutta, Sujan (6 February 2014). "Rethink on sledgehammer swagger –Bluestar disclosures renew debate on roles of celebrated generals". The Telegraph. Ananda Publishers. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

theguardian.com

Doward, Jamie (28 October 2017). "British government 'covered up' its role in Amritsar massacre in India". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

theprint.in

Krishnankutty, Pia (14 November 2022). "In the shadows of Bluestar, Kargil, LAC, India's 'secret' Special Frontier Force turns 60". ThePrint. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
"In wrong place at wrong time: Forgotten story of Operation Blue Star's 'Jodhpur detainees'". 21 December 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

thewire.in

Dhawan, Prannv; Singh, Simranjit. "Punjab's Politicians Are Using the Bogey of Militancy Again". The Wire. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

tribuneindia.com

"Army reveals startling facts on Bluestar". Tribune India. 30 May 1984. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
Service, Tribune News. "Shiromani Akali Dal, since 1920". The Tribune. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
Walia, Varinder. "Man who made efforts to avert Op Bluestar is no more" Archived 29 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, "Tribune India", Amritsar, 18 December 2007.
Ajay, Sahni (16 January 2019). "The real butchers of Punjab". Tribune India. Chandigarh. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Bagga, Neeraj (4 February 2016). "Five years on, govt yet to announce closure of Galliara Project". The Tribune. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
Paul, GS (23 March 2018). "Nanhi Chhaan's Golden Temple 'galliara' upkeep contract ends". The Tribune. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

m.tribuneindia.com

"Lance Naik Dilbagh Singh — Operation 'Bluestar' hero with steely resolve".

warwick.ac.uk

webcat.warwick.ac.uk

Tatla, Darshan Singh (1993). The politics of homeland : a study of the ethnic linkages and political mobilisation amongst Sikhs in Britain and North America (Thesis). University of Warwick. p. 133.

web.archive.org

"Architecture & History". akaltakhtsahib.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
"Temple Raid: Army's Order was Restraint". The New York Times. 15 June 1984. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
"The Official Home Page of the Indian Army". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
"Operation Blue Star: India's first tryst with militant extremism". Dnaindia.com. 5 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
Ray, Jayanta Kumar (2007). Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000: South Asia and the World. Pearson Education India. p. 484. ISBN 978-8131708347. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
Singh, Khushwant (2005). The Anandpur Sahib Resolution and Other Akali Demands. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908059-5. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
Singh, Tavleen. "Prophet of Hate: J S Bhindranwale". India Today. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
Bhanwar, Harbir Singh (13 October 2013). "Interview". ABP News. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
"Sikh Leader in Punjab Accord Assassinated". LA Times. Times Wire Services. 21 August 1985. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2018. The Punjab violence reached a peak in June, 1984, when the army attacked the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest Sikh shrine, killing hundreds of Sikh militants who lived in the temple complex, and who the government said had turned it into an armory for Sikh terrorism.
"DSGMC president Harbans Singh Manchanda murder in Delhi sends security forces in a tizzy". India Today. 30 April 1984. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
Unnithan, Sandeep. "Indira Gandhi considered secret commando raid before Operation Bluestar". India Today. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
Doward, Jamie (28 October 2017). "British government 'covered up' its role in Amritsar massacre in India". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
Walia, Varinder. "Man who made efforts to avert Op Bluestar is no more" Archived 29 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, "Tribune India", Amritsar, 18 December 2007.
Sandhu, Ranbir S. (May 1997). Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale – Life, Mission, and Martyrdom (PDF). pp. 57–58. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
"Operation Bluestar: Rare pictures from Express archives". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
Pachauri, Pankaj (15 August 1989). "Terrorists adopt new strategy to intimidate media in Punjab". India Today. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
"Operation Bluestar: Answers to some unanswered questions". India Today. 15 August 1984. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
"Operation Blue Star (1984) Information, Photos & Videos". YouthTimes.in. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
"1984: Indian prime minister shot dead". BBC News. 31 October 1984. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
Weishan, Steven R. (1 May 1986). "Indian policemen raid Sikh temple". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
Amberish K Diwanji (3 June 2004). "Pakistan would have recognised Khalistan". The Rediff Interview/Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar (retired). Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
Amberish K Diwanji (4 June 2004). "There is a limit to how much a country can take". The Rediff Interview/Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar (retired). Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
"Operation Bluestar: Seven people who changed the course of Indian history in 1984". Hindustan Times. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
"India is set to drop prosecution of AP reporter in Punjab Case". The New York Times. Associated Press. 14 September 1985. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
"Indian Police Question Reporter on Amritsar". The New York Times. Associated Press. 24 November 1984. Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2009.

worldcat.org

Brar, K. S (2014). Operation Blue Star: The True Story. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 978-8174760685. OCLC 1181348326.
Hassner, Ron E. (2006). "Fighting insurgency on sacred ground". The Washington Quarterly. 29 (2). Informa UK Limited: 149–166. doi:10.1162/wash.2006.29.2.149. ISSN 0163-660X. S2CID 110929395.
Jaijee, Inderjit Singh (1999). Politics of Genocide: Punjab, 1984–1998. Ajanta Publications. ISBN 978-8120204157. OCLC 42752917.
Bennett, Richard M. (2011). Elite forces : the world's most formidable secret armies. London. ISBN 978-0-7535-4764-9. OCLC 1028210354. [A]n 80 strong element of 1st Para-Commando Battalion was involved in Operation 'Blue Star'.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Singh, Khushwant (1984). A History of the Sikhs Vol II: 1839–1974. Princeton University Press; Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0691030227. OCLC 769219183.
Joshi, Chand (1984). Bhindranwale, Myth and Reality. Vikas. p. 129. ISBN 978-0706926941. OCLC 1083883131.
Tully, Mark; Jacob, Satish (1986). Amritsar: Mrs Gandhi's Last Battle (e-book ed.). Pan in association with Cape. OCLC 761263842.
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