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Historical Event on 6/2/1986

One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
8/19/1996Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.
8/14/1987Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
8/11/1956The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
12/8/1900Udayshankar, famous dance master, was born.
7/26/2000The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC.
7/26/2000Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi.
11/21/1999The Centre retired two members of the Prasar Bharati Board, Ms. Romila Thapar, eminent historian and Mr. Rajendra Yadav.
3/17/1863Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born.
1/12/1901Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.