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Historical Event on 6/2/1986
One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1710 | Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized. |
| 12/11/1971 | The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent. |
| 11/11/1991 | Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review. |
| 3/10/1997 | Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva. |
| 9/3/1905 | Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born. |
| 9/28/1964 | The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border. |
| 9/19/1911 | Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP. |
| 9/10/2000 | Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship. |
| 2/24/1986 | Rukmini Devi passed away. |
| 4/18/1904 | Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born. |
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