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Historical Event on 6/2/1984
Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/15/2000 | Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand |
7/10/1994 | Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died. |
4/1/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi. |
9/28/1940 | Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"". |
12/10/1996 | Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries. |
8/3/1886 | Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi. |
5/31/1921 | Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born. |
9/30/1996 | Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996. |
1/25/1957 | Kashmir becomes Indian state. |
8/2/1984 | 32 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport. |
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