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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
4/15/1883Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born.
5/1/1897Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.
2/20/1847Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.
3/1/1996Supreme Court frees CBI from the control of PM Rao and directs that CBI would take no instruction or permission from or report to any authority personally interested in or likely to be affected by the investigation into the hawala case.
8/9/1996Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain.
8/1/1916Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.
5/8/1971Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79.
9/7/1905Raghunath Govind Sardesai, journalist and Marathi litterateur, was born.
4/23/1991Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab.
8/15/1994Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies.