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Historical Event on 4/24/1993

IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.
5/6/1948India rejected the Security Council's plan for UN supervision over plebiscite in Kashmir.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
9/1/1981Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
9/8/1911Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh.
8/9/1996Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.