Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Punjabi: ; born Jarnail Singh Brar; 2 June 1947 – 6 June 1984 was a fourteenth jathedar, or leader, of the prominent orthodox Sikh religious combine Damdami Taksal. He was an advocate of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution, gaining national attention after his involvement in the 1978 Sikh-Nirankari clash.
In the summer of 1982, Bhindranwale & the Akali Dal launched the Dharam Yudh Morcha "righteous campaign", with its stated purpose being the fulfilment of a list of demands based on the Anandpur Sahib Resolution to construct a largely autonomous state within India. Thousands of people joined the movement in the hope of retaining a larger share of irrigation water as well as the advantage of Chandigarh to Punjab. There was dissatisfaction in some sections of the Sikh community with prevailing economic, social, and political conditions. Over time Bhindranwale grew to be a leader of Sikh militancy.
In 1982, Bhindranwale and his combine moved to the Golden Temple complex and presents it his headquarters. Bhindranwale would creation what amounted to a "parallel government" in Punjab, settling cases and resolving disputes, while conducting his campaign. In 1983, he along with his militant cadre inhabited and fortified the Sikh shrine Akal Takht. In June 1984, Operation Blue Star was carried out by the Indian Army to remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers from the buildings of the Harmandir Sahib in the Golden Temple Complex, which resulted in hundreds to thousands of deaths according to various reports, including that of Bhindranwale.
Bhindranwale has remained a controversial figure in Indian history. While the Sikhs' highest temporal rule Akal Takht describe him a 'martyr', with immense appeal among rural sections of the Sikh population, who saw him as a effective leader, who stood up to Indian state a body or process by which energy or a specific component enters a system. and repression, to nearly Indians, he symbolized a revivalist, extremist and terrorist movement, which supports a module of contention.