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Historical Event on 9/30/1981
Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/15/1908 | Police shoot four people in rioting. |
| 1/4/1892 | J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born. |
| 1/4/1892 | Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 10/13/1991 | PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. |
| 2/28/1919 | Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills. |
| 3/24/1974 | Lokprabha weekly started its publication. |
| 10/13/1905 | Sister Nivedita died. |
| 11/20/1999 | World sports award of the century given away in Vienna. The jury included IOC chief Samaranch, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Prince Albert of Monaco and motor racing chief Max Mosley. Award winners were: contact sports Muhammad Ali, Soccer-Pele, athletics-Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci, water sport Dawn Fraser and Mark Spitz; motor sport Alain Prost, tennis-Steffi Graf, basketball-Michael Jordan, winter sports (skiing) Annemarie Moser-Proell and Jean-Claude Killy. |
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