Operation Bluestar
Gurcharan Singh Tohra was among the Sikh leaders who were arrested from within the Golden Temple during Operation Bluestar, the Indian army action in 1984. Tohra, was the President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee during the army operation. The Akal Takhat was destroyed during the army operation and it was rebuilt by a kar seva by Baba Santa Singh. However with the Sikh community not generally accepting the government sponsored rebuilding, because of the governments betrayel and becoming the enemies of Sikhs
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