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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
7/18/1909	Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born.
2/25/1992	Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
11/28/1999	Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
8/20/1988	Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
2/20/1968	First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
5/23/1997	The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
3/16/1999	Amarjeet Kaypee of Haryana, during an innings of 148 against Madhya Pradesh in the super-league match at Rajnandgaon, overtook Ashok Malhotra's 7,274 runs and became the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy.
10/17/1998	Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
2/4/1991	An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
10/31/1999	Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.

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