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Historical Event on 9/29/1981

Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1761Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).
10/1/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy.
3/21/1971Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
7/23/1988Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died.
1/22/1901Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"".
7/8/199125 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.