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Historical Event on 9/29/1981

Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1802Peshwa Baji Rao-II, after being defeated by Yashwant Rao Holkar, signed the treaty of Subsidiary Allowance and accepted security of British Government.
5/3/1718Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore.
9/21/1895Annapurnanand, great writer, was born.
3/14/1963Jainarain Vyas, freedom fighter, leader, social reformer, patriot and a noble son of India, passed away.
8/25/1997Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
3/31/1993Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
6/13/1927Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82.
12/10/1902Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary).