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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
1/4/1889Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
10/3/1994Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.
1/22/1989DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.
1/18/1985Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
8/17/1848Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
5/15/1992BSE closed.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.