10 September History: On 10 September 1976, amidst the chaos of emergency in the country, an Indian Airlines plane was hijacked in a very dramatic way. On 10 September 1976, an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 plane took off from Delhi's Palam Airport for Mumbai (then Bombay) with 66 passengers. On the way, two hijackers hijacked the aircraft by showing a pistol to the pilot.

The hijackers wanted to take the plane to Libya, but due to the wisdom of the pilot, the aircraft was taken to Lahore and there, with the cooperation of Pakistani authorities, the passengers and crew members were safely released.

The chronological details of the important events recorded in history on the date of 10 September are as follows:

1846: Elias Howe patented the sewing machine.

1847: The first theater opened in Hawaii.

1887: Birth of Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian freedom fighter and first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

1926: Germany joined the League of Nations.

1939: Canada declares war on Germany in World War II.

1966: Parliament approved the formation of Punjab and Haryana.

1974: African country Guinea gained independence from Portugal.

1976: Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft hijacked. The aircraft was taken to Lahore. Passengers and crew members were released safely.

1996: The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was approved by a vote of 3 to 158 in the United Nations General Assembly; three countries, including India, opposed it.

1926: Germany became a member of the League of Nations.

2002: European country Switzerland became a member of the United Nations.

2007: In a dramatic development, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was deported back to Jeddah after returning to his country.

2020: Five French-built Rafale multi-role fighter jets join the Indian Air Force.

2020: After years of negotiations, India and Japan signed a historic agreement for the exchange of supplies and services between the armed forces of the two countries.