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Historical Event on 8/26/1984

An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1888Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.
11/14/1955Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
4/24/1973Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
8/7/1868Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, was born.
3/18/1944Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
9/11/1895Vinoba Bhave (real name Vinayak Narhari Bhave), great Gandhian Acharya, was born at Ganoda village of Maharashtra.