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Historical Event on 11/10/1990
Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1923 | Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67). |
| 12/24/1988 | Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 7/13/1916 | Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born. |
| 2/8/1986 | Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96). |
| 4/27/1606 | Jahangir arrested Khusroo. |
| 8/23/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience. |
| 3/6/1915 | Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan. |
| 8/25/1963 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away. |
| 3/22/1977 | Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha. |
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