 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1940, vaSikh vashomanana vakadai sevakakuvadzwa neKomagata Maru muCanada vakakurudzira pfungwa yeKhalistan senyika inodzivirira pakati peIndia yakazvimirira neyaizova Pakistan. Zvisinei, vatungamiriri ava havana kunyatsoteererwa. Ma1980 okutanga akaona mamwe mapoka eSikh achitsvaka nyika yakazvimirira inonzi Khalistan yakabviswa kuIndia nePakistan. Tembere yeGoridhe neAkal Takht zvakatorwa nemapoka akasiyana-siyana emagandanga muna 1982. Idzi dzakabatanidza Dharam Yudh Morcha inotungamirirwa naJarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Babbar Khalsa, AISSF uye National Council yeKhalistan. Pakati pa1982 na1983, kwakava nehondo dzougandanga dzakanangana neAnandpur Resolution dzairwisa vanhuwo zvavo mumativi eIndia. Pakupera kwa1983, boka raitungamirirwa naBhindranwale rakanga ratanga kuvaka matumba nenzvimbo dzekucherechedza mukati nokukomberedza Temberi yeGoridhe, nemagandanga aibatanidzwa mukurovedza zvombo. Muna June 1984, Mutungamiriri wehurumende yeIndia panguva iyoyo Indira Gandhi akarayira Mauto eIndia kuti atange Operation Blue Star kurwisa varwi. Kurwisana kwakasimba kwakaitika munharaunda yeDarbar Sahib uye kwakaguma nekufa kwevanhu vakawanda, kusanganisira Bhindranwale, kuparadzwa kweSikh Reference Library, iyo yainzi pfuma yenyika yaiva nemabhuku anodarika chiuru, uye yakaparadza Akal Takht. Varwi vakawanda, vanhuwo zvavo uye varwi vakafa mukupfurirana. Mumazuva mashomanene oOperation Bluestar, varwi vechiSikh vanenge 2.000 muIndia vakapanduka ndokuedza kusvika kuAmritsar kuzosunungura Golden Temple. Mukati memwedzi mitanhatu, pana October 31, 1984, varindi vomunhu mumwe nomumwe vaIndira Gandhi vaSikh Satwant naBeant Singh vakamuuraya. Kuurayiwa kwacho kwakakonzera mhirizhonga ya1984 yokurwisana nevaSikh. Maererano naDonald Horowitz, apo mhirizhonga dzinorwisana neSikh dzakatungamirira kukuvadzwa kukuru norufu, zvinetso zvakakomba zvakawanda zvevarwi zvakakundikanawo kukonzera mhirizhonga yemadzinza muzviitiko zvakawanda mukati mema1980. VaSikh navavakidzani vavo, zvikurukuru, vakaregeredza nhamburiko dzokuparira bongozozo nokurwisana kwamarudzi. 