THREAD: The dark side of Sikh militancy- Hindu victims of Sikh extremism, for Sikh supremacist or for the social isolation, wiping out of Hindus from Punjab- included: victims of terror attacks carried out by sikh extremists in states other than Punjab
1. 5 Oct 1983-Earliest account begins with a bus hijacked in Dhilwan, Hindus pulled off the bus and shot dead. 6 Hindus dead.

2. 14th Oct 1983- Bombing of a Hindu tyohar in Chandigarh, Punjab. 3 Hindus killed.

3. 18 Nov 1983- Bus hijacked 4 Hindus selected & shot dead
4. 23 Feb 1984- 11 Hindus killed and 24 Hindus injured as Sikh militants attack villages, shoot Hindus

5. 25 Feb 1984- 6 Hindus shot dead in Gurdaspur (Hindu majority) as militants go on a shooting spree

*Sikh activists murdered, Sikh leaders killed, Operation Bluestar*
6. Air India Flight 182, Emperor Kanishka bombed by Sikh terrorists, instantly killing 329, all onboard dead. Over 10 Hindu families are instantly wiped out. Almost all onboard were Hindus.

7. 1986, Mukstar- bus hijacked and 24 Hindus including a few children are shot dead
CORRECTION: 14 Hindus killed in Mukstar

8. 1986, Hoshiarpur, Punjab- 24 Hindus selected from a bus, all shot and bodies thrown off. 1 Sikh is also killed.

10. 1987, Haryana- A Haryana Govt bus is hijacked, 34 Hindus are selected from the bus and shot instantly
10. 15th-21st June 1991- 2 trains travelling across Punjab are hijacked, 110 Hindus selected and shot dead. Incl children & families.

11. 17th Oct 1991- Deadliest attack outside Punjab in India, as Hindu families gather to watch Ramlila in Rudrapur, they are bombed. 40 killed.
Some of the victims of the militancy/extremism
Why did I make this thread? Because Khalistan, is no lesser enemy of Hindus, who are indigenous to Punjab.

Do i have hatred for Sikhs? No. Do I hold a grudge against Sikhs? No. Will online khalistanis get triggered and make me look like i'm Anti Sikh? Probably.
When my Dadaji’s cousin brother and his family fled Amritsar in 1987, they went to Shimla for shelter. This is one song, popular with Punjabi Hindus, that kept them connected with Amritsar.
Hindus longed to return to Pind.
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