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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
12/31/1738Lord Charles Cornvalis, Governor General of India (1786-1793), was born.
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
11/6/1952Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
10/15/1999Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof.
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
8/29/1998Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.