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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
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
8/2/1858British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.
9/22/1891Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away.
12/11/1922Dilip Kumar, famous film actor, was born.
3/31/1992Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
9/29/1992Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1)
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
10/11/1991Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.
6/30/1917Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji, great Indian, patriot and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, politician and merchant, died at the age of 92.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.