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Historical Event on 4/15/1984

Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
5/14/1994RBI announces tight monetary policy.
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.
11/22/1997Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.
12/20/1957Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.
3/24/1991Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
12/13/1999The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.