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1984 Golden Temple Massacre In 1984, hundreds of Sikh’s were injured, Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) was destroyed. Sant Jarnail was the one who stood up for Sikh rights.Indira Gandhi tried destroying Darbar Sahib and for that she got shot. Hundreds of Sikh’s died, fighting for their religion. Many people lost their families; people were getting burnt alive.Darbar Sahib was surrounded by soldiers of General Brar and big cannons. The holy book (Sri Guru Granth Sahib) was hit with a bullet. All this cruelty had been done to us. Sant Jarnail Singh was this great saint.Indira Gandhi thought of him as a terrorist but Sikh’s thought of him as a Saint. He fought for Sikh rights, and had great respect for himself. People looked up to him, but Mrs. Gandhi really hated him because he was against her. She imprisoned Sant Jarnail Singh and Sikh’s were protesting for him to come out of jail, and he got released. He got shot while Darbar Sahib was being attacked.
The police burned his most precious possessions; he had his journal and valuable’s that they had burnt. Sant Jarnail Singh went to Indira Gandi, the 3rd prime minister of India and said, “You burnt my possessions, what if those were your children?” He carried weapons with him but never killed an innocent man unless he was a cruel man. When the attack on Darbar sahib was going on he was loading guns and piling them up. He had no regret on his face and he knew all this was happening all because of him.
Even though this happen all because of him, he was smiling of how proud he was of the Sikh’s.Indira Gandhi had ordered big tanks and cannons, and the tanks and cannons were all around Darbar Sahib. The soldiers were killing Sant Jarnail Singh’s men, to kill him. No one had any idea that we were going to be attacked by the soldiers. General Brar was the man who ordered the soldiers, and he thought of Sant Jarnail Singh as a terrorist while other Sikh’s though of him as a saint.Darbar Sahib was in
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