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Historical Event on 12/25/1999

An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1927Bansilal, leader of Lokdal Party, was born
3/10/1991The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.
12/5/1998Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death.
6/19/1995In an unprecedented move, UP Speaker Dhani Ram Verma adjourns the two-day special session called to prove Mayavati Government's majority in the House. Later, the House gathers, rejects the sine die adjournment and unanimously elects B.R. Verma (BSP) as new presiding officer to conduct the business of the House.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.