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Historical Event on 8/26/1984

An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1888246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India.
8/10/1963The Kamraj Plan.
3/10/2000Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government.
8/26/1852Bombay Association was established.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
7/5/1998An Amusement and Picnic Resorts Pvt. Ltd. with five dolphins and sea lions was inaugurated at Mahabalipuram.
3/11/1903Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.