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Biratnagar Plane Hijack
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Biratnagar Plane Hijack is the first and historical plane hijack in the history of Nepal. It was masterminded by Girija Prasad Koirala to loot the money of Nepal Rastra Bank carried by the plane from Biratnagar to Kathmandu. The purpose of the hijack was to gather fund for revolution to restore democracy in the country. The main hijackers behind the hijack who boarded the plane were Durga Subedi, Nagendra Dhungel and Basant Bhattarai. In June 10, 1973, the pro-democracy fighters of Nepal stunned the world by hijacking the plane bound for Kathmandu from Biratnagar. They forced the pilot to land the plane in Forbesgunj, Bihar, and took away 3 million Indian currency belonging to the Nepal government. It is because of that money the political leaders of Nepali Congress to able to do revolution and finally retore democracy in 1990. Biratnagar Airport is the airport where hijackers were able to sneak into the plane with their guns for the first time in the history of Nepal and carried out Biratnagar Plane Hijack successfully for the first time. See Also * See Also
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