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World Service,01 Feb 1999,4 mins

After Amritsar

My Century

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Aftar Singh, a Sikh living near Amritsar, was caught up in the Indian Army attack - known as Operation Blue Star - on the Golden Temple in 1984. Aftar's wife Surinder Kaur recalls trying to find him in hospital after the attack. He had been arrested, held in a camp and had been shot in the knee.

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