| Reliable
sources |
Sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Jacques | ||
| Indubhusan Banerjee | ||
| J.S Grewal | ||
| Louis Fenech | ||
| Anshu Malhotra, Farina Mir | ||
| Harbans Kaur Sagoo | Reliable, though it should be noted that none of them have published any peer reviewed academic books and I was unable to find readily available information about Gandhi's educational background, apart that he is a historian by profession | |
| Madanjit Kaur | ||
| Surjit Singh Gandhi | ||
| Unreliablesources | D.S Saggu | Self published source |
| Max Arthur Macauliffe | Quite old | |
| Khazan Singh | Quite old- dismal information available | |
| Dalip Singh | Self published/unreliable publisher | |
| Guru Gobind Singh | Primary source | |
| Amardeep Dahiya | See https://www.singhbrothers.com/en/amardeep-s-dahiya | |
| Pritpal Singh Bindra | Unreliable publisher | |
| Surinder Singh Johar | Hagiography/no apparent background in history |
| 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | Total | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innocents killed | 339 | 55 | 478 | 815 | 1839 | 1800 | 1800 | 7126 | [1] |
| Police or security personnel killed | 20 | 8 | 42 | 95 | 42 | 428 | 440 | 1075 |
- ^ Karim 1991, p. 38.