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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
6/1/1993Speaker disqualifies four Ajit group MPs.
3/1/1955Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.
6/6/1867Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.
10/24/1789Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born
3/27/1999World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.
2/3/1954More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.