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Historical Event on 4/15/1984

Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1756Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels.
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
11/27/1870Dattatreya Balwant Parasnis, famous history researcher and collector of historical items, was born.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.
9/28/1924In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.
2/23/1768Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam.
7/3/1936Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling during Cambridge U vs MCC match.
9/21/1994Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away.