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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
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
2/9/1946Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
1/19/1932Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow.
4/24/1980Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
11/25/1977John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79).
6/18/1946Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.