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'''1983 Dhilwan Bus massacre''' was a massacre of 6 [[Hindus]] by | '''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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