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Historical Event on 1/30/1971

Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1997I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation.
12/5/1935Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
5/24/1990K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away.
12/8/1932Indian Air Force Act was passed.
11/8/1992Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award.
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
4/5/1944221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.
3/26/1942Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.
11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.