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Historical Event on 9/2/1984
Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/21/1989 | V. P. Singh wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha. |
| 8/13/1956 | National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India. |
| 7/26/1993 | Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77. |
| 5/29/1992 | Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989. |
| 8/5/1986 | Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader, died. The vision of secession for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may have come to an end. But so, too, might the violence that the nation had endured. Today, Tamil rebel leader Vellupillai Prabakaran accepted the peace accord signed last week by India and Sri Lanka. Prabakaran surrendered to Indian forces and his men turned over their weapons. The pact is seen as a compromise by the co-signers. But to the dejected Tamil leader, who has fought since childhood for a Tamil victory, it was a stinging defeat. The treaty creates an autonomous multi-religious zone in the eastern and northern provinces. The rebels dreamed and passed away for a separate state of their own. |
| 7/8/1928 | Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks. |
| 12/11/1987 | Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion. |
| 1/19/1697 | Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away. |
| 6/25/1922 | Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 10/10/1998 | Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India. |
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