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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
3/19/1962Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people.
3/22/1991President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
4/21/1955Avadi session of the Indian National Congress adopts a socialistic pattern of society for India.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
3/26/1996Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
10/19/1983Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.
7/1/1856In south, the first line was opened by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Veyasarpandy and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles.