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Historical Event on 1/3/2000

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1919Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
6/8/1915Geeta Rahasya', written by Lokmanya Tilak, published.
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
7/4/1991Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'.
5/9/1996LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .
4/25/2000West Bengal police nab Belal alias Lalu Mian, the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 IA flight to Kandahar last December, from a hideout in North 24 Parganas district.