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Historical Event on 4/15/1984

Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1997Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect.
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
3/9/1966India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.
3/1/1968Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.
5/17/1949India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
8/23/1989Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.