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Historical Event on 10/1/1981

Activists of the Dal Khalsa, who masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane. arrested.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1847Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died.
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
2/1/1942No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio.
2/19/1895Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.
2/25/1923S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala.
10/5/1932Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay.
5/11/1998Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft.
4/19/1997I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda.