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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
1/2/2000Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.
5/4/1993Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
5/10/1909Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born.
1/4/1998V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made.
4/23/1774British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand.
10/23/1992UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination.