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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
6/8/1936Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
8/7/1887Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born.
2/28/1835Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
2/14/1933W. R. Sonar, famous marathi poet, author, playwright, editor and publisher, was born.
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
1/22/1965Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.