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Historical Event on 12/25/1974

Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
5/28/1907Purohit Dingambar Vinayak (Nanasaheb), leader in Maharashtra, was born.
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
5/19/1913Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born.
6/28/1991K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras.
3/31/1930Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
11/8/1965Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
8/25/1888Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born.