India

1983-1993

  • Territory: Punjab/Khalistan
  • Type: Internal
  • Side A: India
  • Side B: Sikh insurgents

References:

Brar, Lieutenant-General K.S (1993/2011) Operation Blue Star: The True Story. New Delhi: UBSPD.
Chima, Jugdep S. (2007) Controlling the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq: “Political” and “Military” Strategies from Successful Counterinsurgency in Punjab-India, Small Wars and Insurgencies 18(4): 615-637.
Chima, Jugdep S. (2010) The Sikh Separatist Insurgency in India: Political Leadership and Ethnonationalist Movements. New Delhi: Sage.
Dang, Satya Pal (2001) Cross-Border” Terrorism in Punjab, in V.D. Chopra, ed., Rise of Terrorism and Secessionism in Eurasia. New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House (153-163).
Fair, C. Christine (2009) ‘Lessons from India’s Experience in the Punjab, 1978-1993’, in Sumit Ganguly & David P. Fidler, eds., India and Counterinsurgency: Lessons Learned. Oxon and New York: Routledge (107-126).
Gayer, Laurent (2009) The Khalistan Militias: Servants and Users of the State, in Laurent Gayer & Christophe Jaffrelot, eds., Armed Militias of South Asia: Fundamentalists, Maoists and Separatists. New Delhi: Foundation Books (237-257).
Kaur, Amarjit; Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora, Khushwant Singh, M.V. Kamath, Shekhar Gupta, Subhash Kirpekar, Sunil Sethi & Tavleen Singh (1984) The Punjab Story. New Delhi: Roli Books International.
Marwah, Ved (2009) India’s Counterinsurgency Campaign in Punjab, in Sumit Ganguly & David P. Fidler, eds., India and Counterinsurgency: Lessons Learned. Oxon/New York: Routledge (89-106).
Singh, Birinder Pal (2002) Violence as Political Discourse: Sikh Militancy Confronts the Indian State. Shimla: Indian Institute for Advanced Studies.
Tully, Mark & Satish Jacob (1985) Amritsar: Mrs Gandhi’s Last Battle. London: Rupa.