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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 |
| 4/7/1997 | Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'. |
| 5/3/1913 | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay. |
| 4/14/1919 | Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab. |
| 3/20/1782 | Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born. |
| 1/4/1966 | ndo-Pak Summit, the peace talk between Pakistan and Indian leaders, started at Tashkent. The prominent personalities were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Gen. Ayub Khan. |
| 2/17/1991 | Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away. |
| 4/30/1958 | Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody. |
| 1/8/1996 | Maharashtra government clears Enron Dhabol power project at a tariff of Rs. 1.86 per unit. |
| 10/28/1964 | Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away. |
| 5/26/1739 | Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah. |
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