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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 |
| 1/28/1998 | All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty. |
| 4/15/1980 | Six more private sector banks nationalized. |
| 10/5/1991 | Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died. |
| 12/9/1947 | India's agreement with Pakistan on outstanding issues like assets, liabilities, division of sterling balance and military stores, etc. signed. |
| 4/24/1994 | S. L. Kirloskar, 91, industrial magnate, passed away in Pune. |
| 7/1/1965 | Meerut University was established. |
| 1/2/1899 | Monks started living in Belur Math. |
| 8/15/1992 | Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan. |
| 10/5/1991 | Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years. |
| 6/4/1989 | Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died. |
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