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Historical Event on 6/5/1984
Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/10/1991 | The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory. |
9/18/1965 | Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China. |
6/15/1907 | Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra). |
7/25/2000 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena Chief, courts arrest and the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Boiwada, B. P. Kamble dismisses the case because of six-year delay in pursuing it after the FIR. |
2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
9/16/1997 | Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet. |
4/22/1996 | Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM. |
1/17/1888 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born. |
4/24/1959 | Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie. |
11/12/1781 | Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops. |
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