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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
8/29/1959	India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
11/12/1990	Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.
12/23/1992	Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi.
10/2/1998	Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.
8/5/1969	Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore.
2/25/1977	Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
3/27/1997	Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur.
1/29/1983	Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.
10/28/1996	Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
4/11/1999	India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.

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