The period before June 1984 was a dark period for Hindus an…

26 April 1982:

Two Cow heads were placed at the gates of two Hindu temples in Amritsar. One of the temple was Durgiana Mandir

29 April 1982:

Tail of cow was deliberately thrown into Mahakali temple at Patiala

25 June 1983: A Pujari of a temple at Sultanpur Lodhi, district Kapurthala was killed with a sharp weapon. A servant of the temple was also injured

21 November, 1983:

Two Bombs were thrown on the premises of Hanuman Mandir, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana

Yamuna Nagar borders Punjab was also affected during Khalistani insurgency

3 December, 1983:

Idols of Shri Kirshna, Balram and Subhadra were broken. The clothes of the Idols were set to fire. This happend in one of the oldest temple of Amritsar: Ram tirath Mandir

A woman attendant named Usha Rani was also threatened before this desecration and setting fire to the idols happened.

Three Sikh men were involved in this incident

1 February 1984:
Mukuts of silver weighung 1 Kg were stolen from Madan Mohan Mandir, Tarn Taaran in Punjab

21 February 1984:

Three temples were damaged at Bathinda

27 February, 1984:

An Idol of Shri Hanumanji in Minjwan temple in Purana Bazar, Ludhiana was found broken

29 February, 1984:

A Habd grenade was lobbed at crowd near Shivala temple, Amritsar, on the ocassion of Shivaratri festival. 3 persons died and 32 were injured

Shivala temple which is one of the most visited temple in the city of Amritsar was attacked deliberately on Shivaratri day to cleanse maximum of Hindu devotees on that day

This temple was once again attacked in May, 1988 on Monday

https://t.co/QcEgCM9pVo

26 March, 1988: An Idol of Lord Shiva was stolen from Shivalaya ta village Sidhpur Kalan, in District Ropar

8 April, 1984:

Bombs were exploded in Santoshi Mata Mandir, Bathinda.
Chander Bhsuhan, home guards volunteer was killed. Bhagat Bahadur, chowkidar was injured

1 June, 1984:
A Shooting incident happened near Santoshi Mata Mandir, Dhariwal, Gurdaspur
5 persons were killed and 9 were injured

5 May, 1984:

Six Silver Chhattars were looted from Idols of Digambar Jain Mandir, Bazar Sotiwala, Clock tower, Amritsar.

Culprits also took away wrist watch of Pujari

Digambar Jain Mandir of Amritsar from where Khalistanis looted the silver Mukuts and ornaments of the Idols

One more incident I forgot to mention:
0n 28 Feb, 1984:

A Gold Kalash weighing 25 tolas and two clocks worth Rs 2000 were loooted from Jain Shrine in Jagraon, District Ludhiana

Not Only Hindu temples, but Hindu festivals were attacked. One was bombing during Shivaratri festival. Other incident was Hand grenades were thrown on Ram Navami procession

https://t.co/DPeNpDMKNd

26 October,1982:

38 Yrs Ago, On the ocassion of Shardiye Ram Navami, Hand grenades were thrown at Ram Navmi procession by Khalistani terrorists in Amritsar, Punjab. This happened after release of Akali agitators by Govt.Provocative speeches were given prior that led to violence pic.twitter.com/4432GWvNPJ
— Raj Sharma (@RajSharma1857) October 24, 2020

People watching Ramayana publicly at a shop in Kurukshetra were attacked using bomb in 1988

This news also covers second attack on Shivala temple

https://t.co/Ma6cZYp115

Well I will make a separate thread on plight of Hindus after 1984. But here is few more incidents of attacking Hindu in 1990

People watching Mahabharata at a TV shop were killed via bomb

A Hindu religious procession was bombed

This thread was dedicated for Hindu temples/shrines that were desecrated before 1984.
A lot of Hindus were also selectively killed during same period. That will be covered in a separate thread.

The period before June 1984 was a dark period for Hindus and Jains of Punjab Hindu Jain temples were desecrated by Khalistani terrorists.

Here is a list Hindu Jain temples that were desecrated and the attack was documented. Just a tip of iceberg

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The period before June 1984 was a dark period for Hindus and Jains of Punjab Hindu Jain temples were desecrated by Khalistani terrorists.Here is a list Hindu Jain temples that were desecrated and the attack was documented. Just a tip of iceberg

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The period before June 1984 was a dark period for Hindus and Jains of Punjab Hindu Jain temples were desecrated by Khalistani terrorists.

Here is a list Hindu Jain temples that were desecrated and the attack was documented. Just a tip of iceberg