October 3, 1984, Forty Years Ago: Ceasefire ordered by Mizo National Front president

Mizo Rebels’ Truce

A unilateral ceasefire by Mizo rebels was ordered by Laldenga, president of the outlawed Mizo National Front (MNF), paving the mode for the resumption of his dialog with the cardinal authorities to extremity the 20-year-long insurgency successful Mizoram. The announcement of the ceasefire marks different important measurement toward the talks for which impetus was fixed by PM Indira Gandhi’s successful April.

Srinagar Curfew

While one-half of Srinagar remained nether curfew for the 2nd day, the different fractional observed hartal successful protestation against constabulary firing and the predetermination of M K Tickoo arsenic Chairman of the authorities Legislative Council. The constabulary fired a fewer rounds successful the aerial and lobbed teargas shells to disperse a convulsive mob which hurled stones astatine a constabulary presumption adjacent Khanyar soon aft the lifting of a ten-hour curfew imposed successful the downtown country of the city.

Golden Temple Row

The authorities volition not manus implicit the remaining portions of the Golden Temple Complex to the priests and the SGPC till they afloat fulfill the authorities that these portions volition not beryllium misused again by the extremists. The 5 precocious priests, connected the different hand, said that the hooliganism successful the Golden Temple analyzable and the constabulary reentry was portion of a “deep authorities conspiracy.”