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Historical Event on 9/29/1981
Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/19/1945 | Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan. |
| 10/6/1935 | Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India. |
| 1/20/1959 | Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away. |
| 7/16/1990 | O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD. |
| 2/23/1998 | Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar. |
| 5/24/1933 | Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind vs Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB), was born in Dudhani, Maharashtra. |
| 10/1/1953 | The first new state in India since 1949, Andhra Pradesh, is established on purely linguistic basis and formally inaugurated. This state was created by sub-dividing state of India, Madras Province and this movement was started by Shriramulu for which he had to sacrifice his life. |
| 2/11/1933 | First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi. |
| 7/16/1856 | Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage. |
| 2/9/1942 | Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India. |
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