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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 |
| 5/30/1962 | 69 killed in a bus crash near Ahmedabad. |
| 1/8/1995 | ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 9/4/1952 | India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached. |
| 3/28/1984 | Bhausaheb Ranade, famous freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 5/13/1953 | The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin. |
| 3/11/1824 | US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair. |
| 5/3/1997 | Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. |
| 9/26/1793 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal. |
| 11/11/1675 | Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day. |
| 10/12/1952 | Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs New Zealand. |
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