This is a partial list of victims of violence in Punjab (India) during the 1980s and 1990s.
During the Punjab insurgency
Date Place Incident 29 Sep 1981 Sikh separatists hijack Indian jetliner to Pakistan. All passengers rescued by Pakistani commandos. 16 October 1981 ChandigarhIAS officer Mr. Naranjan Singh was attacked in the civil secretariat. He survived but his brother Surinder Singh ACSO of defence HQ was killed by the Sikh extremists. Several Hindu temples attacked4 August 1982AmritsarA Sikh granthi, Gurbaksh Singh, hijacked an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with a fake bomb. He surrendered peacefully after Pakistan refused permission for its landing at Lahore. The granthi had demanded $300,000, safe passage to North America, and the release of various imprisoned Sikh extremists.20 August 1982Manjit Singh hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 492, initially heading from Mumbai to New Delhi. Manjit demanded the pilot to fly to Lahore to refuel and head to Libya. After Pakistani authorities blocked their runway, the plane landed in Amritsar. Negotiations proceeded between the airport authorities and Manjit, in which he demanded a payment of 800,000 German marks, the transfer of power in Punjab to the Akali Dal, and the release of imprisoned Sikh granthis. He was eventually overpowered by the police and passengers in an ensuing scuffle.October 1982AmritsarSikh extremists threw a grenade at a Hindu Dusshera procession near the Golden Temple, killing 1 and injuring 60. This incident was triggered by the death of a Nihang Sikh who was shot after he attacked a police officer. April 1983 Punjab police DIG A. S. Atwal murdered outside Harmandir Sahib, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, and his body left to rot. He came in with his Punjab Police uniform and his gun when he was killed.September 1983JagraonKhalistani militants fire indiscriminately at people walking.Operation Blue Star and White Paper on Punjab Agitation (Think India Journal) p.7 September- 5 October 1983 Dhilwan 6 passengers aboard a bus traveling from Dhilwan in Kapurthala District to Jalandhar, all of them Hindus, killed by Sikh militants in 1983 Dhilwan Bus massacre. In a separate incident, a police subinspector and a tax inspector were also killed aboard a train. A total of 20 people were left dead, and another 18 wounded in a 2-week span. By this time, more than 175 people had been killed by the militants in various incidents. 6 October 1983 Some Sikh groups announce the creation of Khalistan President's rule is imposed by the Government of India in an attempt to bring order in Punjab. 8 October 1983 Punjab Police Are Given Broad Powers 14 October 1983 A festival bombed in Chandigarh 21 October 1983 Gobindgarh Massacre of 58 Hindu passengers by Sikh militants. Unofficial number is more than 100 Hindus 18 Nov 1983 Kapurthala district Nine armed men killed four Hindu bus passengers. Baba Ajit Singh, a Nihang, confronted the attackers and stopped further killings. Like in the October killings, the killers abandoned the bus at the Chitiwind village on the outskirts of Amritsar. 9 Feb 1984 Sikh militants kill two Sikh men belonging to a breakaway group, and also bomb a wedding procession 23 Feb 1984 11 Hindus pulled off trains and buses and killed by Sikh militants; 27 more wounded. 1 January 1984 to 3 June 1984 Various places in Punjab 298 Hindus had been killed officially in violence in five months preceding Operation Blue Star. unofficial number of Hindus killed was well over 5009 April 1984BhatindaA bomb explosion in a Hindu temple planted by Sikh militants wounded 3 people. A witness scheduled to testify against a Sikh militant was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen. 21 May 1984 Moga 13 Hindus killed by Sikh militants. 3 to 8 June 1984 Amritsarmore than 3000 (unofficial figure) people killed including 170 Sikh militants holed up inside the Harmandir Sahib temple complex and army troops fighting them and civilians caught in the cross fire between militants and the Indian army in Golden Temple which was termed as operation Blue Star. The total number of militants was in excess of 180 who were equipped with rocket launchers, artillery, hand grenades, and Chinese made shoulders fired missile launchers. They were led by Maj Gen Subeg Singh a disgruntled and court martialled officer of Indian army who had joined Bhindranwale and had connections with Pak Army because he had served in Bangladesh in 1971–72 12 September 1984 Batala 8 bus passengers killed. 10 and 11 May 1985 New Delhi 85 Hindus were killed in serial bomb blasts by Khalistanis which occurred during consecutive days at various places across New Delhi and its neighboring Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. 59 Hindus had died on the spot while the rest succumbed to injuries after being hospitalized. The terrorists used transistor bombs in a train and 2 buses. They also planted bombs in crowded places like Market and Public Park. 20 Aug 1985 Sherpur Harchand Singh Longowal assassinated near sherpur Punjab. 6 March 1986 Kapurthala 13 Hindu civilians killed and 18 wounded in indiscriminate firing by Sikh militants. 27 March 1986 Amritsar Former Communist Party of India legislator Arjan Singh Mastana and his bodyguard gunned down and several Hindus killed 28 March 1986 Ludhiana 13 people killed in indiscriminate firing in Dresi ground, killing Kharti leaders including that of Jagirpur, Mayor Krishan Sood. unofficial number of Hindus killed was 32 29 March 1986 Mallian, Jalandhar 20 labourers killed by militants. 8 June 1986 Amritsar 9 People killed by Sikh extremists. 25 July 1986 Mukatsar 15 bus passengers gunned down by suspected Sikh militants. 10 Aug 1986 Pune Retired Army Chief of Staff, General Arun Shridhar Vaidya killed by Sikh militants. 17 Sept 1986 Phillaur Sikh extremists kill a Shiv Sena Hindu leaders and several Hindu leaders are targeted and a hit list is published every week in Jagbani and Ajeet Punjabi newspapers for Hindu leader in politics, administration, and other government services to leave Punjab or face death for nearly all weeks between 1983 and 1985.25 October