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Historical Event on 12/13/1989

Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
8/26/1984An 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.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
1/20/2000J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.
6/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away.
11/13/1917Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
4/8/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.
12/15/1943The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong.