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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
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
5/20/1992Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu.
1/3/1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.
5/9/1981Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away.
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
10/3/1831Britishers captured Mysore.
3/22/1969The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
1/3/1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.