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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
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
8/3/1995Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government.
9/7/1996First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
1/15/1971Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
5/26/1998Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
5/26/1998Akbar left for Agra when he received the report of widespread rebellion. He arrived in Ahmedabad by forced marches on the eleventh day.
2/28/1988Jaydev, famous music director, passed away.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
12/22/2000Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.