More than 30,000 members of the Sikh community are expected to take part in a protest rally in London.

the march will take place on Sunday 10 June.

They will be marching from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square to mark the 1984 attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, north India when Indian armed forces stormed the holiest Sikh shrine.

Thousands of Sikhs were massacred, many of whom were innocent bystanders.

The rally has been organised by the Federation of Sikh Organisations.

Dabinderjit Singh, an adviser to the Sikh Federation (UK), said: “This is a hugely important protest march to remember the thousands of lives which were needlessly taken.

"Not only is the event a tribute to those who died in the attack, but it is also a demand for an independent international enquiry that should result in punishment for those who were responsible.

“We are expecting a huge turnout at the protest rally which will demonstrate the strength of feeling which still exists regarding the atrocities which took place nearly 30 years ago.”

Attacks against the Sikh community continued in India in the months and years that followed, yet the Indian government has given compensation to just a few hundred families.

A protest rally is held every year by the Sikh community to remember the lives that have been lost and to mark the tragedy at Amritsar as well as reiterate demands for an independent Sikh homeland (often referred to as Khalistan). Prominent personalities from the Sikh community in the UK, Europe and India will be speaking at the event.

Members of the Sikh community from all over the country will be travelling to London to take part in the protest rally The rally starts at Hyde Park at 11am with a march to Trafalgar Square at 1pm where the protestors will stay until 5pm.