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Historical Event on 4/15/1984
Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/29/1869 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born. |
| 5/10/1979 | Indy Khabra, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 9/20/1993 | First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit. |
| 1/11/1858 | Shridhar Pathak, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 8/11/1908 | Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers. |
| 9/27/1989 | The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful. |
| 9/30/1972 | Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir. |
| 1/26/1957 | India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect. |
| 9/29/1997 | Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India. |
| 4/8/1973 | India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots. |
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