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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
10/10/1906Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
12/13/1999Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999.
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
6/24/1897Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
3/21/1998Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
1/2/1967University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State.
4/13/1948Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.