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Historical Event on 8/29/1984

Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1965Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established.
5/17/1916Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
8/2/1885Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born.
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
2/18/1992Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.
1/26/1929Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.
2/25/1923S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala.
10/25/1932Pearless' investment company was established.