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  India - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about India
Gandhi's enthusiasm for economic reform also waned from 1986, and his personal reputation was sullied by the uncovering of the ‘Bofors scandal’ by finance minister V P Singh, involving alleged financial kickbacks received by government-connected organizations from a $1,400-million arms contract with the Swedish Bofors Corporation.
Singh's main objective was the lowering of racial tensions.
During the summer and early autumn of 1990 V P Singh's government was rocked by a series of events, including the prime minister's decision to employ more low-caste workers in government and public-sector jobs, which resulted in protests by high-caste students and a split in the Janata Dal.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /India   (8423 words)

  
 Indira Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The charismatic leader of Sikhism's Akal Takht, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was first set up by the local Congress as an alternative to the regional Akali Dal party, but was subsequently excoriated as an extremist and a separatist.
In September 1981, Bhindranwale was arrested in Amritsar for twenty-five days, but was released because of lack of evidence.
On October 31, 1984, two of Indira Gandhi's Sikh bodyguards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh assassinated her in the garden of the Prime Minister's Residence at 1, Safdarjung Road in New Delhi.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indira_gandhi   (3451 words)

  
 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.
Sant Jarnail Singh was formally, elected at the bhog ceremony in honour of Sant Kartar Singh Khalsa at Mehta Chowk on 25 August 1977.
Sant jarnail Singh merged his own morcha with it, and thus became in a way the joint dictator of the entire Panth though he still swore loyalty to the former dictator of the Akali morcha, Sant Harchand Singh Longowal.
www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/personalities/bhindrenwale.html   (1541 words)

  
 The Sikh Times - Biographies - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: Five Myths
In the early 1980s, Bhindranwale led an armed movement for Sikh autonomy and died during an army offensive (nicknamed Operation Blue Star) on the Darbar Sahib complex (also known as the Golden Temple complex).
Bhindranwale made repeated claims to the effect that he had no interest in political power, 'If I ever become president of the Akali Dal or the S.G.P.C. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee], an M.L.A., a government minister, or a member of parliament.
Bhindranwale's posters and speeches are among the 'most popular' items at Punjab's rural fairs, held on occasions such as the Hola Mohalla festival.
www.sikhtimes.com /bios_060604a.html   (3582 words)

  
 June 5 Deaths in History
June 5, 1996 Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner, dies at 59
June 5, 1988 Clarence M Pendleton, chairman of Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies
June 5, 1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
www.brainyhistory.com /daysdeath/death_june_5.html   (725 words)

  
 Sikh Genocide Project: Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Ethnic Conflict in India: A Case Study of Punjab, Gurharpal Singh, 2000
The Sikhs, Patwant Singh, New York: Knopf, 2000
Struggle for Justice: Speeches and Conversations of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Ranbir Singh Sandhu, Sikh Educational and Religious Foundation, 1999
www.sikhgenocide.org /bibliography.htm   (257 words)

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