India    09-Sep-1981

The chief editor of Hind Samachar, Lala Jagat Narain shot dead near Ladowal village in Ludhiana. A strong critic of the Khalistan movement, he had survived an earlier assassination attempt in January 1981.

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India    13-Sep-1981

A team of Punjab Police sent to arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale attacked and fired at by his followers at Chando Kalan in Haryana.

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India    16-Sep-1981

Confrontation between police and Khalsa College students in Amritsar.

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India    20-Sep-1981

Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale arrested in Chowk Mehta in Amritsar. Seventeen Damdami Taksal supporters killed when they attack the police team. Several followers of Bhindranwale and Shiromani Akali Dal arrested for inciting communal violence at various places in the state.

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India    20-Sep-1981

Minority communities attacked in Jalandhar and Tarn Taran.

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Pakistan    29-Sep-1981

In retaliation against the arrest of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, five members of the Dal Khalsa led by Gajinder Singh and his associates Satnam Singh, Jasbir Singh, Karam Singh and Tejinder Singh hijack an Indian Airlines flight IC-423, which was carrying 117 passengers from New Delhi to Srinagar, and force it to land in Lahore. At India’s request, Pakistan special forces rescue the passengers and arrest the hijackers.

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