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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
6/11/200027 army personnel die after the bus carrying them plunges into a gorge at a spot 80 km from Jammu.
7/8/1996Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
4/30/1991BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government.
10/24/1930Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born.
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
5/31/1994Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.