Iron Lady and the Golden Temple

The storming of the Golden Temple, codenamed Operation Blue Star, was aimed at flushing out Sikh separatists

                           

British PM David Cameron has ordered an investigation into a claim that the Thatcher government

"colluded" with India on the deadly raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984. 

                                              Storming of the Golden Temple

• 1982: Armed Sikh militants, led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, take up residence in the Golden Temple complex

• 3-8 June 1984: The Indian army attacks the Golden Temple, killing  Bhindranwale, his supporters and a number of civilians

• 31 October 1984: Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who had given the go-ahead to Operation Blue Star, was assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards

• November 1984: More than 3,000 are killed in anti-Sikh riots across India

Watson, MP for West Bromwich East, said he had seen "top secret papers from Mrs Thatcher

authorising Special Air Services (SAS) to work with the Indian government ".

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One, dated 6 February 1984 from the prime minister's office, talks about the :

"Indian request for advice on plans for the removal of dissident Sikhs from the Golden Temple".

It states that the prime minister is :

"content that the foreign secretary should proceed as he proposes".