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Historical Event on 9/13/1990
An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/7/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad. |
| 8/20/1985 | Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur. |
| 6/7/1965 | Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 11/9/1972 | Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born. |
| 11/1/1945 | Narendra Dabholkar, blind faith eradicator (Andhashradhha Nirmulak), was born. |
| 4/1/1878 | Calcutta Museum was opened for general public. |
| 8/1/1927 | Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 7/2/1961 | Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex. |
| 5/16/1996 | Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt. |
| 4/3/1932 | Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan. |
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