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Historical Event on 9/10/1976

An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1831First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .
8/26/2000Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai.
8/26/2000Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
8/11/1961Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
4/1/1963Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.
1/11/1986The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.
4/21/1913Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.