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Historical Event on 12/24/1999

Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1994Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay.
5/16/1999Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
12/1/1921Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
2/17/1997Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row.
2/28/1927Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
12/10/1998Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).