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Historical Event on 1/3/2000

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1996First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
8/15/1998Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.
2/3/1921The Evens Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was tabled before the Govt. on February 3.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
11/22/2000Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities.
11/8/1831Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born.
4/28/1701John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
2/20/1999India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.