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Historical Event on 4/24/1993
IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1954 | Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 11/17/1948 | Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers. |
| 8/6/2000 | Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel. |
| 4/9/1997 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior. |
| 7/12/1994 | Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away. |
| 9/12/1994 | UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi. |
| 3/19/1936 | Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born. |
| 3/27/1997 | South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit. |
| 4/17/1941 | Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities. |
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