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Historical Event on 4/25/1993

Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/29/1997Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.
3/20/1994Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay.
1/20/1952Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
7/13/1998The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill.
1/19/1997Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit.
10/11/1993CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore.
3/7/199922 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.