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1984.org documents the context and history of the 1984 Ghallughara — leading up to the attack on Sikhs in the Harimandar Sahib and Akal Takht Complex along with more than 100 gurduaras throughout the Panjab, the ensuing Sikh Genocide throughout India, and the onset of indiscriminate violence by the State.
To Combat Blackouts, Erasure and Revision
This archive is part of an ongoing project to collect and digitize the documents, eyewitness accounts, historical photographs, and media that capture the period surrounding 1984. Where the threat of state violence has loomed large to erase or contort the narrative of state-sponsored violence, this archive will act as a dispassionate haven of information.
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Records
Records
The factual narrative of 1984 has been largely distorted or undermined. However, records illuminate the meticulous planning and propaganda undertaken by the Government of India. Digitization and archival of these records places the truth beyond destruction.
Government Records & Third-party Reports
+5,000 documents digitized
+200 independent sources
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Witness
Witness
The human cost of 1984 can not be concealed. The firsthand accounts of devastated families and eyewitnesses to the period consistently reinforce a tapestry of oppression and violence enacted against the Sikh people.
Direct Accounts & Records of the Disappeared
+1,500 Family Accounts
+600 Photos & Videos
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History
History
The impact of 1984 and the subsequent Sikh genocide, ethnocide, and libricide was so broad, that the State could not prevent independent journalists, media, and everyday people from capturing the scale of death and destruction visited upon the Sikhs.
Photographs and media from the period
+15,000 Media Reports
+200 Letters
1984
The 1984.org Archive
Military & Independent Photography
News Clippings & Media
Government Reports & Propaganda
Eye-witness Accounts & Records
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