India    08-Apr-1982

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi inaugurates the foundation stone of the “Sutlej -Yamuna Link Canal” at Kapuri in Patiala.

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India    24-Apr-1982

Akali Dal launches a “Nehar Roko Morcha” to obstruct the digging of Sutlej -Yamuna Link canal.

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India    26-Apr-1982

Violence erupts after Dal Khalsa members throw two severed heads of cows near temples at Katra Ahluwalia and Bazaar Kathian in Amritsar. One man killed, several injured, and a few shops were shops were burnt. More than 350 people arrested over a period of two days, and curfew imposed in Amritsar and Patiala.

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