Bhajan Singh, director of Organization for Minorities of India, speaking personally as a Sikh during the 30th anniversary of the October 31 - November 3, 1984 Sikh Genocide, comments on the background of the atrocity — “In June 1984, the Indian state used tanks, chemical weapons, paratroopers, and other weapons to attack our holiest shrine, the [Darbar Sahib]. They killed women, innocent women, children, all under the pretext of wiping out terrorism. [...]