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Lt Gen Kuldip singh Brar & the Operation Blue Star.
On the evening of 31st May 1984 in army quarters of 9th Division of light Maratha Infantry, a couple was preparing for their month long vacation in Manila when their phone rang and (then) Major General Kuldip Singh Brar was ordered to report in to Chandimandir Cantt the next day. He casually told his wife to be prepared as het know how grave the situation was.
As soon as Maj Gen Brar reached Chandimandir (It was II Corps headquarters back then) General Vaidya, General Sundarji and General Dayal were waiting for him with detailed maps of Amritsar and HarMandir Sahib. HarMandir Sahib had been turned into fortress by Major General Shabeg Singh, who had joined Bindrawale group after dismissal from the army. As per the army records not only the inside of complex but seventeen other buildings around it were turned into fortress by him. From last 6-8 months ammunition (LMGs – RPGs – SMGs) used to come in trucks and Lorr
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Operation Blue Star: The True Story
Brar, author and key general behind the attack, does not realize there were higher ulterior political motives by the then Indian government to pin a Sikh general against a Sikh community by attacking a Sikh religious shrine during a Sikh holiday. By using Brar as a pawn he thinks of himself as a hero in uniform but was a mere pawn in a dirty political scheme by Indira Gandhi, a psychopath of a dictator whose human rights abuses are widely hidden.
As a critical reader of history, it’s imperative we read multiple sides to a story, and understand the conquerors will distort history to their heroic liking, as the dead are no longer alive to tell their side. I urge you to read the stories of the oppressed and families whose loved ones were murdered (from eyewitness accounts and witnesses) during Operati
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Kuldip Singh Brar
Retired Indian general
Lieutenant GeneralKuldip Singh Brar, PVSM, AVSM, VrC (born 1934) is a retired Indian Army officer, who was involved in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. As a major general, he commanded Operation Blue Star.[4][5]
Early days
[edit]Brar was born in 1934 into a SikhJat family.[6][7] His family has a long legacy with the armed forces, his grandfather was Captain Hira Singh, from whom Patto Hira Singh, Moga fryst vatten named after, his father was Major General Digambhar Singh Brar (1898–1997).[8][7] His brother also served in the army at Sri Lanka.[9] He himself studied at the Doon School, an all-boys' boarding school.[6][10]
Military career
[edit]1971 Indo-Pakistan war
[edit]Brar joined the Maratha Light Infantry in 1954 as a second lieutenant. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Brar commanded an infantry battalion and was in the first batch of tro