The Teja Singh Samundari Hall in the Golden Temple complex may have been refurbished, but the scars remain. Quite literally. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has preserved 147 bullet marks on the walls of its HQ, just so they can serve as evidence in a Rs 1,000-crore suit related to a military attack on the Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star. One fallout of Operation Blue Star was the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards in October 1984. Sikh leaders say that while money can’t…
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