This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 30, 1984, Forty Years Ago.
With bugles blaring and athletes marching in national costumes, President Ronald Reagan opened the 23rd Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The three-and-a-half-hour extravaganza set the stage for a 16-day competition involving about 8,000 athletes from 140 countries. The 1984 Olympics is the first summer Games to be held in the US after 1932.
Floor Test In J&K
Two days before the one-day session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly called by the Governor to test G M Shah’s strength on the floor of the House, the Chief Minister demonstrated his majority before the press. Led by Ali Mohammed Naik, an independent MLA nominated as leader of the legislature party, 42 MLAs and 18 MLCs, in their joint statement reiterated their “firm support to and confidence in the government.”
Deaths In AP
Six persons were killed and four injured in renewed communal clashes in the old city of Hyderabad. A fatal stabbing was reported from the Pahadi Sharif area. Five persons were killed in the morning in the Sultan Shahi area during the two-hour curfew relaxation period. Four MLAs — A Narendra of the BJP, Amanullah Khan, Baquer Aga, Khaza Abu Sayed, all from the Majlis and a BJP functionary, C Hanumantha Rao were detained under the National Security Act.
Restoring Akal Takht
The reconstruction of the Akal Takht, the highest seat of Sikhs, will begin shortly. The restoration work has been given to a well-known Delhi firm headed by Tejwant Singh. The Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Buta Singh held an hour-long closed-door meeting with Buddha Dal Nihang chief, Baba Santa Singh.
