The White Paper on the Punjab Agitation, issued by the Government of India in 1984, is the government's own official account of the events surrounding Operation Blue Star and the wider Punjab crisis of that year. As a primary government document, it is authoritative for what the Indian government officially stated at the time, which is the fact this atlas cites it for. It is explicitly not an independent or neutral historical account: it is one party's official position in a deeply contested episode, and Sikh organisations and independent historians have disputed its framing, so it should be read alongside those other accounts rather than as settled history.
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The White Paper on the Punjab Agitation, issued by the Government of India in 1984, the top tier reflecting that it is a primary government document, authoritative for what the Indian government officially stated at the time, notwithstanding that it is explicitly one party's official position in a deeply contested episode, disputed in its framing by Sikh organisations and independent historians, and should be read alongside those other accounts rather than as settled history. NotesThe Government of India's own White Paper on the Punjab Agitation (1984); the official government account, not independent scholarly or historical analysis.
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AuthorGovernment of India
PublisherGovernment of India
Publication Year1984
Source TypePrimary document
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This source names India directly: "Agitation, issued by the Government of India in 1984, is the government's own official account of the events surrounding Operation Blue Star and the wider Punjab crisis of that year."
Source White Paper on the Punjab AgitationGovernment of India
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This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Sites, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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