Today’s history: Indian Airlines plane hijacked, Pakistani intelligence agency ISI had hand, India had left three terrorists

On 24 December 1999, Indian Airlines flight IC-814 going from Kathmandu to Delhi was hijacked and taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan. In order to save more than 170 passengers aboard this flight, India had released 3 terrorists on this day (December 31) 1999.

There were 178 passengers and 11 crew members on board the plane. This plane was hijacked by five terrorists of Pakistan-based Harkat-ul-Mujahideen terrorist organization with the active support and assistance of Pakistan Army. After hijacking the terrorists, the plane was stopped in Amritsar and Lahore, after which they finally took it to Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Taliban fighters were stationed around the hijacked IC-814 flight of Indian Airlines.

On the evening of 24 December 1999, five terrorists hijacked the plane that took off from Kathmandu, Nepal, as soon as it entered the Indian border. They took it via Amritsar, Lahore and Dubai to Kandahar in Afghanistan, which was then under Taliban rule.

‘Pakistani intelligence agency ISI was behind the hijack’

When the current National Security Advisor Ajit Doval reached Kandahar to talk to the terrorists, he saw that two people of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI were present in the plane, later some more people of Pakistan intelligence agency arrived there, one of them lieutenant colonel and a major. Was.

Doval said that if the terrorists had not got the support of Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI, then India could have dealt with this crisis better. To provide security to the terrorists from any military operation of India, Taliban fighters surrounded the plane from all sides.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval had said that ISI was behind the Indian plane hijack

Initially, the terrorists had demanded the release of 35 terrorists imprisoned in Indian jails as well as 200 million US dollars in cash (Rs 1488 crore). But, India had released only three terrorists Masood Azhar, Ahmed Zargar and Sheikh Ahmed Umar Saeed, not accepting all their demands.

WHO first confirmed the outbreak of ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan

The World Health Organization (WHO) first confirmed the outbreak of ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019. This pneumonia was later identified as the corona virus. Corona spread to most countries of the world within just three months of confirmation in China. The first case of corona in India came on 30 January 2020, when a student from Wuhan reached Kerala.

Corona was declared a pandemic by WHO on 11 March 2020. Till that time, a total of 71 cases of corona were reported in India. By then, more than 1 lakh 48 thousand cases had come across the world. There were more than 80 thousand Kovid-19 patients in China alone.

So far, more than 28 crore cases of corona have come across the world and more than 54 lakh people have died.

To prevent the spread of corona in India, a lockdown was imposed for the first time in the history of the country on 25 March 2020. By that time there were 571 cases in India. The lockdown was imposed in India from 25 March 2020 to 31 May 2020. The process of unlocking the country started from June 1. At that time more than 1 lakh 90 thousand cases of corona had come in the country. So far more than 3 crore 48 lakh cases have been reported in India. Right now there are more than 82 thousand active cases and more than 4 lakh people have died.

At the same time, more than 28 crore 50 lakh cases have come in the world so far, while more than 54 lakh people have died. China, where Corona first started, has so far reported more than 1 lakh cases and has reached number 114 in the world in the list of infected countries.

Important events of 31st December in India and the world:

2004: Taipei-101 is the tallest building in the world in Taipei, Taiwan. Its height is 508 meters. In 2010, Burj Khalifa of Dubai broke its record. Its height is 828 meters.

1999: Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, resigned. In his place, Vladimir Putin became the President of Russia. Putin was the Prime Minister at that time.

1984: Rajiv Gandhi took oath as the Prime Minister for the second time within two months after the massive victory of the Congress.

1956: Ravi Shankar Shukla, the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh passed away. His son Shyamacharan Shukla has also been the Chief Minister of the state.

1943: Ben Kingsley, who played the role of Gandhi in the film ‘Gandhi’, was born. Kingsley’s father Rahimtullah Harji Bhanji was a Gujarati. The Indian name of Kingsley is Krishna Bhanji.

1925: Writer Srilal Shukla was born. He was noted for his purposeful satirical writing. Raag Darbari, Angad’s foot, Suni Ghati’s Suraj are among his important compositions.

1879: Scientist Thomas Alva Edison demonstrated the light bulb to the world for the first time.

1781: America’s first bank ‘Bank of North America’ opened in Philadelphia.

1695: Window tax was imposed in England. At that time people who had 10 or more windows in their house. They had to pay tax for this.

1600: The British East India Company was established through the English Royal Charter to trade in East and South East Asia and India.