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Historical Event on 6/6/1986

Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1959Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964.
6/6/1903Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.
12/3/1790Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
12/15/1995Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
4/9/1965Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the State Armed Police Batallions. In Kutch launched its 8th Infantry Division supported by two regiments of M47/48 Pattons. Operation 'Desert Hawk' was launched to draw away reserves from other vulnerable areas, and possibly to test India's resolve. The Indian Army did not rise to the bait.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
1/22/1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).