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Historical Event on 7/5/1984

Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
8/15/1997K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
5/19/1975Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.
12/29/1997Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
8/1/1993Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995.
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
5/15/1993K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.