Why did Bhindranwala Ji have to use the Golden temple

[TheFancyBanana]

all gurdwaras used to be built like qilas, forts. something that made them easy to defend. he was defending his own home, the gurus home is the sikhs home. look at all the other times the darbar sahib has been attacked, sikhs have fortified it and defended it and given shaheedia. 84 bungas (watchtowers) were constructed to help secure darbar sahib, so theres a history of sikhs defending it. as for weapons, what do we decorate guru granth sahibs paliquin with? shastar. we are instructed to keep weapons so weapons were kept in darbar sahib. if sant ji hadnt been there the massacre of innocent sikhs would have been a lot worse. the singhs tried to get as many pilgrims out of darbar sahib when the indian army began to surround it, the army didnt let anyone out. if the singhs didnt try to get people out more people wouldve been killed.

[savinderpalsingh]

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[Mehtab Singh]

They had created a fake model of the Sri Harmandir Sahib complex in Dehradun where the army rehearsed the attack for some 7 months or so, maybe more. 42 other Gurdwara Sahibs were attacked as well, where there were no Jujharoo Singhs or firearms, only innocent Sikhs who were targeted. This question is put forward by several Indian apologists every now and then "Vy did bin-drun-vaale bring arms inside the complex?"..."Vy did bin-drun-vaale come and start residing there?"...Simple reason, as mentioned earlier, he wanted to stay there closer to Guru Sahib, weapons were brought because when you know your house is going to be attacked you don't wait, you prepare. Also, in Sikh history whenever a historic morcha is initiated, its always from Sri Akal Takht Sahib (correct me if I am wrong), and this is where the Dharam Yudh morcha was started from.

“The army went into Durbar Sahib not to eliminate a political figure or a political movement but to suppress the culture of a people to attack their hearts, and to strike a blow to their spirit and self confidence.” – Joyce Pettigrew

[Mehtab Singh]

http://www.sikhreview.org/june2000/chronicle.htm

[TheFancyBanana]

42 other Gurdwara Sahibs were attacked as well,

anymore information on this like, how many people were shaheed? whether gurdwaras were damaged and which ones were attacked?

[Mehtab Singh]

Will need to look into it veer.

[chatanga]

anymore information on this like, how many people were shaheed? whether gurdwaras were damaged and which ones were attacked?

The Gurdwara at Muktsar was attacked and so was Gurudwara Dukh Niwaran in Patiala.

[Jangal Da]

Chowk Mehta is not as central as the Durbar Sahib and Sangat wanted access to Sant ji.

[sanjsingh]

If Indira was planning to attack Sri Darbar Sahib regardless whether Bhindrawalla was there or not, what would have been her excuse to attack if Bhindrawalla had not occupied Sri Akal Takhat Sahib?

[sanjsingh]

Are there any references around where Santji predicted that Indira would attack Sri Darbar Sahib?