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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
4/23/1959Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.
4/8/1925Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born.
9/2/1992Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
10/24/1605Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.
6/13/1931Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.