The World - News from April 15, 1985
India’s attempt to bring peace to the troubled Punjab state gained ground when Sikh political leaders postponed a planned protest campaign. Instead, public rallies celebrating a harvest festival and commemorating a massacre by British-led troops 66 years ago in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar passed peacefully under tight security. The main Sikh party, the Akali Dal, postponed its protest until June 1 after Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi agreed to its demand for an inquiry into anti-Sikh riots that followed the murder of his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, by Sikh guards last year.
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