<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Blue Star">Operation Blue Star</a>, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmandir_Sahib" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Harmandir Sahib">Harmandir Sahib</a>, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhs" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sikhs">Sikhs</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amritsar" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Amritsar">Amritsar</a>. The operation continues until <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_6" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="June 6">June 6</a>, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.