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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
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
2/23/19905-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.
6/21/1999Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.
11/7/1958Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan.
9/30/1963The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives.
7/12/1994Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
5/28/1903Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).