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Historical Event on 5/11/1985

Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1996Maharashta govt. announces decision to revive Sri Krishna Commission set up to probe the 1993 Mumbai riots.
6/5/1984Operation '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.
7/29/1994Indian army kills 27 Muslem militants.
9/20/1996Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress.
12/6/1976Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
3/1/1968Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.