Taken from - http://punjab2000.proboards.com/index.cgi?...mp;thread=13284 Operation Blue Star 25 Years on. BBC Asian Network Remembers Amritsar BBC Asian Network airs a documentary on Monday commemorating one of the most tumultuous events in recent Indian history. June 4th is the 25th anniversary of Operation Blue Star when hundreds of people were killed in a gun battle between the Indian government and suspected Sikh Militants inside one of India’s holiest shrines, The Golden Temple.