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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
7/2/1928Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away.
5/25/1611Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan.
2/19/1992An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
1/3/1931Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born.
1/3/1931Akbar himself left Agra.
7/11/1957Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.