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Historical Event on 12/25/1999

An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1997The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out.
2/16/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
4/30/1896Maa Anandamayee (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint, was born at Kheora. Her spirit lives on in devotees.
10/14/1885Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
8/3/1993Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission.
4/8/1897Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.
11/5/1927Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi.