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	'''1983 Dhilwan Bus massacre''' was a massacre of 6 [[Hindus]] by ~~pro-[[Khalistan]] [[Sikh]] anti-Government [[militant]]s~~.<ref name="NYT1983">{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/07/world/indian-government-takes-over-a-state-swept-by-religious-strife.html\|title=Indian Government takes over a state swept by religious strife\|date=7 October 1983\|access-date=22 November 2014\|archive-date=29 November 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129183816/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/07/world/indian-government-takes-over-a-state-swept-by-religious-strife.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> It occurred on 5 October 1983, when a bus going from Dhilwan in [[Kapurthala district]] to [[Jalandhar]] was attacked by ~~Sikh militants~~ in which six Hindu passengers were shot dead in Dhilwan in the northern state of [[Punjab, India]].<ref name="NYT1983"/><ref name="LAT15Hindus">{{cite news \|last1=Tempest \|first1=Rone \|title=Suspected Sikh Terrorists Kill 15 on India Bus \|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-26/news/mn-2_1_sikhs \|accessdate=17 October 2018 \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=26 July 1986}}</ref>		'''1983 Dhilwan Bus massacre''' was a massacre of 6 [[Hindus]] by unidentified extremists.<ref name="NYT1983">{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/07/world/indian-government-takes-over-a-state-swept-by-religious-strife.html\|title=Indian Government takes over a state swept by religious strife\|date=7 October 1983\|access-date=22 November 2014\|archive-date=29 November 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129183816/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/07/world/indian-government-takes-over-a-state-swept-by-religious-strife.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> It occurred on 5 October 1983, when a bus going from Dhilwan in [[Kapurthala district]] to [[Jalandhar]] was attacked by unidentified [[militant]]s in which six Hindu passengers were shot dead in Dhilwan in the northern state of [[Punjab, India]].<ref name="NYT1983"/><ref name="LAT15Hindus">{{cite news \|last1=Tempest \|first1=Rone \|title=Suspected Sikh Terrorists Kill 15 on India Bus \|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-26/news/mn-2_1_sikhs \|accessdate=17 October 2018 \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=26 July 1986}}</ref>

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==
	Due to the deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab, the Congress led State government was dismissed and President's rule was imposed on the next evening post massacre.<ref name="NYT1983"/>		Due to the deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab, the Congress led State government was dismissed and President's rule was imposed on the next evening post massacre.<ref name="NYT1983"/>

			[[Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]] had condemned the incident.<ref>{{cite web \|date=December 15, 1983 \|first=Shekhar \|last=Gupta \|title=Brutal slaying of four Hindu bus travellers takes tension in Punjab to a new high \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19831215-brutal-slaying-of-four-hindu-bus-travellers-takes-tension-in-punjab-to-a-new-high-804481-2014-02-03 \|access-date=2022-05-18 \|website=India Today \|language=en}}</ref>
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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	*[[1991 Punjab killings]]		*[[1991 Punjab killings]]
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'''1983 Dhilwan Bus massacre''' was a massacre of 6 [[Hindus]] by pro-[[Khalistan]] [[Sikh]] anti-Government [[militant]]s.<ref name="NYT1983">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/07/world/indian-government-takes-over-a-state-swept-by-religious-strife.html|title=Indian Government takes over a state swept by religious strife|date=7 October 1983|access-date=22 November 2014|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129183816/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/07/world/indian-government-takes-over-a-state-swept-by-religious-strife.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It occurred on 5 October 1983, when a bus going from Dhilwan in [[Kapurthala district]] to [[Jalandhar]] was attacked by Sikh militants in which six Hindu passengers were shot dead in Dhilwan in the northern state of [[Punjab, India]].<ref name="NYT1983"/><ref name="LAT15Hindus">{{cite news |last1=Tempest |first1=Rone |title=Suspected Sikh Terrorists Kill 15 on India Bus |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-26/news/mn-2_1_sikhs |accessdate=17 October 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 July 1986}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
Due to the deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab, the Congress led State government was dismissed and President's rule was imposed on the next evening post massacre.<ref name="NYT1983"/>

== See also ==
*[[1991 Punjab killings]]

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