Following ............................ death, thousands of Sikhs were massacred in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, termed as genocide by the Sikh groups.

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• In June 1984, the Indian Army led by the Sikh General Kuldip Singh Brar forcibly entered the Harimandir Sahib (the Golden Temple) to overpower the armed militants and the religious leader ..............
• Interethnic conflict has hit India at the highest levels, with Prime Minister ............... assassinated in 1984 by Sikh body guards.
• Indian security forces suppressed the insurgency in the early 1990s, but Sikh political groups such as the Khalsa Raj Party and SAD (A) continued to pursue an independent ............... through non-violent means.
• The Akali Dal representing the Sikhs of ............. launched an agitation for reorganisation of the province on the basis of linguistic homogeneity.
• Khalistan movement refers to a political secessionist movement to create a separate Sikh country, called Khālistān ("The Land of the Pure") in the ................. region of South Asia.
• The Indian Prime Minister .............. was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards in retaliation.
• In January............, the Golden Temple was occupied by militants belonging to All India Sikh Students Federation and Damdami Taksal.
• On October 31, 1984 ............... was assassinated.
• On October 19, 1952, .............., a devout follower of Mahatma Gandhi, began a fast-unto-death in demanding that a separate state be carved out of the province of Madras for its Telugu- speaking population.
• The death of ..................enraged the people, sparking a massive revolt amongst the Telengana peasantry, with people from neighbouring villages marching, holding meetings in front of the landlords’ house, and declaring: “Sangham is organised here. No more vetti, no more illegal exactions, no evictions”.