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Historical Event on 12/25/1999

An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
8/7/1906Origin of Fasli Era (India).
1/12/1993Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
1/14/1926Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
10/20/1999The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.
1/23/1919Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away.
7/2/1999The Indian Army launches a three pronged attack on Kargil. India is firm on Pakistan pullout from the area.
3/3/1871Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
2/11/1981Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.