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Historical Event on 6/5/1984
Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 7/13/1988 | Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit. |
| 12/6/1952 | First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed. |
| 12/4/1991 | Lok Sabha approves a vital bill seeking to bring sick public sector units within the purview of the BIFR. |
| 5/12/1984 | Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras. |
| 7/8/1928 | Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks. |
| 12/19/1978 | The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26. |
| 9/28/1909 | Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'. |
| 1/8/1890 | Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary. |
| 5/16/1999 | Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. |
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