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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
10/1/1981Activists of the Dal Khalsa, who masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane. arrested.
5/20/1999The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
9/19/1997Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta.
5/6/199712 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
9/28/1909Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'.
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.