We produce hereunder the text of a historical letter - the original is shown in facsimile on the right - which was sent by Sardar Gurcharan Singh Tohra, the then President of the Shrimoni Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee [S.G.P.C.], Amritsar, Punjab, to Indira Gandhi , Prime Minister of India , on June 2, 1984 - the day after the assault on the Golden Temple complex by the Indian military forces began. The attack continued for several days, resulting in, inter alia, the destruction of the Akal Takht, the looting and destruction of the historic Sikh Reference Library by the military, the looting of the Toshakhana (the treasury housing Sikhdom's priceless historical treasures), and the massacre of several thousand innocent pilgrims - men, women and children.
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| - We produce hereunder the text of a historical letter - the original is shown in facsimile on the right - which was sent by Sardar Gurcharan Singh Tohra, the then President of the Shrimoni Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee [S.G.P.C.], Amritsar, Punjab, to Indira Gandhi , Prime Minister of India , on June 2, 1984 - the day after the assault on the Golden Temple complex by the Indian military forces began. The attack continued for several days, resulting in, inter alia, the destruction of the Akal Takht, the looting and destruction of the historic Sikh Reference Library by the military, the looting of the Toshakhana (the treasury housing Sikhdom's priceless historical treasures), and the massacre of several thousand innocent pilgrims - men, women and children.
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| - We produce hereunder the text of a historical letter - the original is shown in facsimile on the right - which was sent by Sardar Gurcharan Singh Tohra, the then President of the Shrimoni Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee [S.G.P.C.], Amritsar, Punjab, to Indira Gandhi , Prime Minister of India , on June 2, 1984 - the day after the assault on the Golden Temple complex by the Indian military forces began. The attack continued for several days, resulting in, inter alia, the destruction of the Akal Takht, the looting and destruction of the historic Sikh Reference Library by the military, the looting of the Toshakhana (the treasury housing Sikhdom's priceless historical treasures), and the massacre of several thousand innocent pilgrims - men, women and children.
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