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Historical Event on 8/26/1984

An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1903Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.
7/23/1988Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died.
1/19/1994CM decide to request Chief Election Commission to implement the photo identity card scheme in phases.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
3/30/1994Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
12/6/1990VHP-sponsored 'karseva' in Ayodhya passes off peacefully.
6/3/1995President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months.
6/12/1972D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.