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 Archive articles  information. June 13, 1984, Wednesday
By WILLIAM K. STEVENS, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES (NYT); Foreign Desk
Late City Final Edition, Section A, Page 1, Column 1, 924 words
DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - At least 12 more Sikh deserters from the Indian Army were reported killed today and nearly 350 more were arrested. Military officials declared the scattered three-day revolt by Sikh troops to be at an end, but 200 members of a Sikh battalion in the northeastern state of Tripura stole ...
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>574 SIKH DESERTERS REPORTEDLY HELD BY INDIAN FORCES</b>
By SANJOY HAZARIKA, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Most of the 500 to 600 Sikh troops who deserted in northeastern India on Sunday were arrested today at three places, including one where a gun battle left 26 Sikh extremists dead, Indian news agencies and officials reported tonight. At the same time, more defections and attempted defections were reported in the north and in the west, near Bombay. The Press Trust of India reported 574 arrests at points between Ramgarh and New Delhi, and an army spokesman said that if the report was accurate ''tha...
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>INDIA COMMANDER IS KILLED AS SIKHS DESERT THE ARMY</b>
By SANJOY HAZARIKA, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
A top Indian Army commander was shot dead today by an unidentified assailant in the northeastern state of Bihar and Sikh troops deserted the unit, the Government said. According to a report from United News of India, 600 Sikh troops deserted the unit and wounded 600 people, including 25 officers, in a fierce battle. The report said the commander was killed by the mutineers. The mutineers, the report said, were fully armed and ''on the way to Delhi with arms.''
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>STRIFE TEST'S INDIAN ARMY'S COHESION</b>
By SANJOY HAZARIKA
The revolt in the Indian Army by Sikh soldiers who deserted by the hundreds but are now reported to have largely surrendered or been captured has focused attention on India's military, which is regarded as nationalistic, patriotic and professional. India, with about 1.2 million men and women in the three armed services, ranks after China, the Soviet Union and the United States, in that order, in terms of the numbers of people under arms and in uniform. Some units of the army, the oldest of the t...
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 Archive articles  information. June 13, 1984, Wednesday
By WILLIAM K. STEVENS, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES (NYT); Foreign Desk
Late City Final Edition, Section A, Page 1, Column 1, 924 words
DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - At least 12 more Sikh deserters from the Indian Army were reported killed today and nearly 350 more were arrested. Military officials declared the scattered three-day revolt by Sikh troops to be at an end, but 200 members of a Sikh battalion in the northeastern state of Tripura stole ...
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>574 SIKH DESERTERS REPORTEDLY HELD BY INDIAN FORCES</b>
By SANJOY HAZARIKA, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Most of the 500 to 600 Sikh troops who deserted in northeastern India on Sunday were arrested today at three places, including one where a gun battle left 26 Sikh extremists dead, Indian news agencies and officials reported tonight. At the same time, more defections and attempted defections were reported in the north and in the west, near Bombay. The Press Trust of India reported 574 arrests at points between Ramgarh and New Delhi, and an army spokesman said that if the report was accurate ''tha...
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>INDIA COMMANDER IS KILLED AS SIKHS DESERT THE ARMY</b>
By SANJOY HAZARIKA, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
A top Indian Army commander was shot dead today by an unidentified assailant in the northeastern state of Bihar and Sikh troops deserted the unit, the Government said. According to a report from United News of India, 600 Sikh troops deserted the unit and wounded 600 people, including 25 officers, in a fierce battle. The report said the commander was killed by the mutineers. The mutineers, the report said, were fully armed and ''on the way to Delhi with arms.''
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>STRIFE TEST'S INDIAN ARMY'S COHESION</b>
By SANJOY HAZARIKA
The revolt in the Indian Army by Sikh soldiers who deserted by the hundreds but are now reported to have largely surrendered or been captured has focused attention on India's military, which is regarded as nationalistic, patriotic and professional. India, with about 1.2 million men and women in the three armed services, ranks after China, the Soviet Union and the United States, in that order, in terms of the numbers of people under arms and in uniform. Some units of the army, the oldest of the t...
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