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Historical Event on 8/29/1984

Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/25/1976India all out for 97 vs West Indies because five men absent hurt.
4/1/1976Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.
1/21/1969First India built electronic digital computer commissioned.
10/5/1989Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
4/10/1937Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.
8/10/1755Narayanrao Peshwa was born.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
2/26/1887Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950.