ABSTRACT
British Sikhs, like the North American community, reacted with extreme anger and sadness to the Indian army's action in the Golden Temple. They turned out for a mammoth protest on 10 June 1984, against the "desecration of the holiest shrine" of their faith. Over 25,000 Sikhs from all walks of life joined in a march from Hyde Park to the office of the Indian High Commission in Aldwych, denouncing the Indian government and shouting Khalistan zindabad (must have an independent Sikh state, Khalistan).2 In the march were leaders of the Kashmiri Liberation Front and Nagas. Except for some slight damage to the Indian High Commission in the late hours of that night, the protest passed off peacefully. Several gurdwaras organized local demonstrations in Birmingham, Bristol, Coventry and other cities.
