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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
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
4/14/1907P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
5/14/1982All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio.