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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 |
| 5/29/1993 | Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered. |
| 5/7/1994 | Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly. |
| 5/3/1998 | Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President. |
| 7/29/1996 | Aruna Asaf Ali, freedom fighter and player of important role in Quit India Movement, passed away in New Delhi. She was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 1/3/1996 | Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order. |
| 5/5/1989 | Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away. |
| 9/22/1979 | Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 9/26/1979 | Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal. |
| 9/4/1980 | Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi. |
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