Bill Text: TX HR61 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Remembering those who lost their lives during the November 1984 anti-Sikh genocide.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to State Affairs [HR61 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR61-Introduced.html
| 88R9554 BHH-D | ||
| By: Meza | H.R. No. 61 | |
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| WHEREAS, November 2023 marks the 39th anniversary of the | ||
| start of the Sikh genocide in India; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The assassination of Indian prime minister Indira | ||
| Gandhi on October 31, 1984, sparked systematic attacks against | ||
| Sikhs in India, which resulted in the murder of more than 30,000 | ||
| people over the course of a three-day period; Sikh communities were | ||
| terrorized and businesses and properties were destroyed at the | ||
| hands of vigilante groups, who had the encouragement of the police, | ||
| government ministers, and members of parliament; under the code | ||
| name "Operation Woodrose," the government of India went on to | ||
| target Amritdhari Sikhs across the country's Punjab region, and for | ||
| 10 years, the violence continued as the Indian army rounded up Sikh | ||
| men and youth, who were later put to death; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mass graves holding the remains of those killed in | ||
| the violence have been found in a number of communities, including | ||
| the villages of Hondh Chillar and Pataudi in Haryana, where burial | ||
| sites were discovered in 2011; moreover, the Tilak Vihar | ||
| neighborhood in New Delhi, known as the "Widow Colony," still | ||
| houses thousands of Sikh women who were forced to endure rape and to | ||
| witness the torture and murder of their husbands, fathers, and | ||
| sons; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Sikh community in the United States continues to | ||
| mourn these atrocities, and it is incumbent upon the global | ||
| community to learn from the past and to reaffirm our commitment to | ||
| preventing similar tragedies in the years ahead; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby remember those who lost their lives during the | ||
| November 1984 anti-Sikh genocide. | ||
