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Historical Event on 7/5/1984

Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
5/13/1962Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
6/29/1908Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born.
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
10/13/1978Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress.
7/29/1991Vazhappadi K. Ramamurthy, Union Labour Minister, resigns on account of differences on Cauvery water issue.
1/9/1889Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"".
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.