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Historical Event on 12/24/1999

Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1976Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
4/6/1606Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra.
3/15/1993Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200.
8/1/1899Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
1/19/1997Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
4/30/1936Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters.
8/5/2000Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.