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Historical Event on 1/3/2000

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1992Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested.
7/4/1985Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.
7/4/1985Saint Kabir was born.
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.
6/15/1659Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi.
9/10/199587 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office.
5/18/1999R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
1/14/1959Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.
5/16/1926Manik Varma, famous singer, was born.