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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 |
| 10/31/1994 | 26 die as cyclone lashes Tamil Nadu. |
| 7/5/1997 | Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president. |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 12/26/1907 | 23rd session of the Indian National Congress was presided by Dr. Rash Behari Bose. In this session, Congress was split into two groups named 'Extremists' under the leadership of Lala Lajpat Rai and 'Moderates' under the leadership of Dr. Rashbehari Bose. Sir Pherozeshah Mehta took active part on the moderate side. Anand Bazar reported with headings as ""The 23rd National Congress. Presidential Election. Tilak's Amendment. Uproarious Proceedings. Free Fight. Police Aid. Pandal Cleared. Police Escort Tilak. Adjourned Sine Die"". |
| 6/29/1998 | Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh. |
| 12/16/2000 | Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International. |
| 1/16/2000 | Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem. |
| 1/1/1664 | Shivaji marched towards Surat. |
| 7/30/1960 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader. |
| 4/26/1952 | India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries. |
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