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| | Hexapedia - Sikhism |
 | | Shortly before passing away Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji ordered that Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Holy Scripture, would be the ultimate spiritual authority for the Sikhs and temporal authority would vest in the Khalsa Panth – The Sikh Nation. | | | The final Sikh Guru in human form was Guru Gobind Singh who in 1708 made Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji the last, perpetual living guru of the Sikhs. | | | The Sikh Holy Scripture is written in Gurmukhi script Punjabi with parts in Sanskrit, Bhojpuri and Persian. |
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http://www.hexafind.com/encyclopedia/Sikhism
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| | India - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about India |
| | In 1984, troops were sent into the Sikhs' most holy shrine, the Golden Temple at Amritsar, to dislodge the armed Sikh extremist leader Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, resulting in the deaths of Bhindranwale and hundreds of his supporters. | | | The greatest unrest was in Punjab, where Sikh demands for greater religious recognition and for resolution of water and land disputes with neighbouring states escalated into calls for the creation of a separate state of ‘Khalistan’. | | | On 7 November, after troops had fired on Hindu fanatics who were attempting to storm the Ayodhya mosque, the Singh government was voted out of office. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/India
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| | Sant Jarnail Singh ji Bhindrenwale |
| | Jarnail Singh underwent a one-year course in scriptural, theological and historical studies, at the hands of Sant Gurbachan Singh Khalsa partly during one of his tours but for the most part during his stay at Gurdwara Sis Asthan Patshahi IX, near Nabha Sahib village, 15 km south of Chandigarh along the Chandigarh-Patiala road. | | | He continued his religious studies and also kept his close association with the Taksal, which after the death of Sant Gurbachan Singh Khalsa, in June 1969, was headed by Sant Kartar Singh Khalsa, who established his headquarters at Gurdwara Gurdarshan Prakash at Mehta Chowk, 25 km northeast of Amritsar along the road to Sri Hargobindpur. | | | The media in the Punjab took the part of the Nirankaris on the pica of' secularism. |
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http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/bhindrenwale.html
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| | The Sikh Times - Biographies - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: Five Myths |
| | This is a reference to Bhindranwale's insistence that Indira Gandhi, being a woman, should be the one to visit him for negotiations. | | | To the extent that the Sikhs revere him as a prophet and a martyr, his contradictions are likely to be emblematic of the paradoxes that inflict the Sikh community as whole. | | | Bhindranwale often publicly recited his mantra, 'being armed, there is no sin greater than not seeking justice.' |
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| | Indira Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Many Sikhs were outraged at the perceived desecration of their holiest shrine, which remains controversial in terms of timing and effect to this day. | | | Singh attempted to form a government with his Janata (Secular) coalition but lacked a majority. | | | In September 1981, Bhindranwale was arrested in Amritsar for twenty-five days, but was released because of lack of evidence. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_gandhi
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| | Sikh Genocide Project: Bibliography |
| | Struggle for Justice: Speeches and Conversations of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Ranbir Singh Sandhu, Sikh Educational and Religious Foundation, 1999 | | | Ethnic Conflict in India: A Case Study of Punjab, Gurharpal Singh, 2000 | | | Giani Kirpal Singh’s Eye-Witness Account of Operation Bluestar, Anurag Singh, ed., 1999 |
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http://www.sikhgenocide.org/bibliography.htm
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| | June 5 Deaths in History |
| | June 5, 1988 Clarence M Pendleton, chairman of Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies | | | June 5, 1996 Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner, dies at 59 | | | June 5, 1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader |
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http://www.brainyhistory.com/daysdeath/death_june_5.html
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