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Historical Event on 8/26/1984

An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1985Assam Assembly dissolved (18).
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
12/23/1976Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor.
6/21/1998India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu.
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
9/26/1946Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell.
2/1/1948Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established.
7/15/1936Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P.
7/9/1875The Bombay Stock Exchange, the first in India, was constructed under the shade of a large banyan tree.