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Historical Event on 1/30/1971

Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1774British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand.
3/28/1916Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away.
5/27/2000In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.
9/16/1929Yerramilli Janardan Rao, educationist, was born at Tanuku, (W. Godavari).
9/16/1929Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city.
5/24/1990Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
6/30/2000The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council adopts a resolution seeking separation from J&K.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
4/20/1914Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.