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12 June 1984 - On this day, the mutiny /desertion by about 4000 Sikh soldiers of Indian Army was firmly subdued by other units of Indian Army. The mutiny started on 7.6.1984 I.e. two days after Indian Army entered Golden Temple to rid it of Khalistani goons. The mutiny by Sikh soldiers took place at Ganganagar, Sikh Regimental centre Ramgarh, Pune, Silchar , Siliguri and few other places. It is said that as part of Bhindranwale’s grand strategy, terrorists had planted their men in different units to spread rumours and provoke an uprising. On 7th June 1984, 600 Jawans of 9th Battalion of Sikh Regiment at Ganganagar broke into regimental armoury and drove towards Punjab and Pakistan border in two groups. In Ganganagar, they raised Pro Bhindrawale slogans and also killed one policeman there. Some of them managed to cross into Pakistan but remaining were intercepted by Gorkha Rifles and Rajputana Rifles, on Punjab - Rajasthan border. About 100 mutineers were killed in gunfight. Biggest mutiny was at Sikh Regimental centre Ramgarh. It was led by Sepoy Gurnam Singh. When BBC broadcast Mark Tully’s report about mutiny at Ganganagar, about 1500 soldiers at SRC Ramgarh led by Gurnam Singh loaded arms and ammunition into regimental lorries and drove towards Amritsar. At the gate, they fired at Commandant Brig. S. C.Puri and two other senior officers. Brig. Puri was seriously wounded and died in Army Hospital. The mutineers were intercepted at Shakteshgarh Railway station and other places by Infantry and Artillery units of Indian Army. 35 people were killed in firing between mutineers and soldiers manning the roadblocks. At Pune also, about 150 soldiers commandered buses and military vehicles but were intercepted on the way. There was clash on the outskirts of Bombay also. The mutiny was fully subdued on 12th June 1984. After the mutiny, 5 retired Senior Sikh Army Officers met the President Giani Zail Singh to plead for special treatment for the mutineers. They said that they should not be treated as deserters but be allowed to return to their units. Some of them also recommended that rather action should be taken against their commanders for dereliction of duty. The letter written by these 5 highly decorated Army officers, to the President is offered below . What is most perplexing is that these 5 retired Officers kept conveniently quiet when Bhindranwale & his goons were holding religious places to ransom and were indulging in anti national and secessionist activities from within the precincts of Golden Temple. They also chose to indulge in conspiracy of silence when innocent Hindus were butchered by Khalistanis , between 1979 to 1984 but as soon as Gen.T.S.Oberai , the then GOC Southern Command and Gen. A.S.Vaidya , the then Army Chief said that the deserters will be court-martialled and dealt with as per Army Rules, these 5 Generals sprang into action. Nobody knows reason for their convenient silence and selective outrage. Incidentally, even till today SGPC is providing monthly pension to these deserters from its budget, in addition to one time assistance provided at that time . This corpus of SGPC is built with money donated by devotees, including by Hindu devotees who rever Gurus and visit Gurudwaras regularly.

Grew up listening to horrific stories from friends and relatives who are into trucking business about how mobs would attack lone drivers of Panjab even for minor reasons, especially in areas of eastern UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. There was a time when trucks were looted, drivers were killed, and trucks heading towards Siliguri & Darjeeling had to go in convoys. Since then it has become a normal practice to carry swords in trucks to tackle such situations and thousands of drivers managed to save their lives.

Sikhs are not Indian 🇮🇳 Sikhs are not hindhu Punjab was never part of India