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Historical Event on 1/3/2000
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/28/1999 | Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala. |
| 8/29/1923 | Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur. |
| 6/10/1890 | Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday. |
| 8/16/1991 | Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard. |
| 6/4/1993 | L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP. |
| 11/15/1993 | IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe. |
| 11/3/1948 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly. |
| 11/28/1962 | K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died. |
| 12/12/1947 | Patel's statement in the Parliament, ""Pakistan will get Rs. 750,000,000 from the balance in cash. |
| 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. |
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