Jaishankar’s father was on the hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 421 in 1984: What happened then?

In 1984, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s father, K Subrahmanyam, found himself aboard an Indian Airlines flight hijacked by pro-Khalistani separatists. Over the course of a tense 38-hour standoff, the plane was forced to land in Dubai after circling over the Golden Temple and multiple stops including Pakistan


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