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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
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
7/1/1949M. Venkaiah Rangaiah Naidu was born in Chavatapalem, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh).
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
10/1/1981Activists of the Dal Khalsa, who masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane. arrested.
6/21/1997Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore.
7/14/1923Iqbal Singh Bhatia, great educationist, was born at Kotla Qasim Khan, (Pakistan).
7/14/1923Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.