https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Bholanath_and_Devendra_PandeyBholanath and Devendra Pandey - Revision history2026-07-31T07:25:37ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Bholanath_and_Devendra_Pandey&diff=287863&oldid=prev->Citation bot at 00:11, 28 November 20212021-11-28T00:11:40Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox aircraft occurrence<br />
| name = Indian Airlines Flight 410<br />
| image = Indian Airlines Boeing 737-2A8; VT-EGE, December 1998 BUI (5404996252).jpg<br />
| caption = An Indian Airlines Boeing 737-200, similar to the aircraft involved in the hijack<br />
| occurrence_type = Hijacking<br />
| date = {{start date|1978|12|20|df=yes}}<br />
| summary = [[Aircraft hijacking]]<br />
| site = [[Varanasi Airport]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25|27|08|N|082|51|34|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}<br />
| aircraft_type = [[Boeing 737-200]]<br />
| operator = [[Indian Airlines]]<br />
| origin = [[Calcutta Airport]]<br />
| destination = [[Amausi Airport]]<br />
| passengers = 126<br />
| crew = 6<br />
| fatalities = 0<br />
| IATA = IC410<br />
| occupants = 132 (including the hijackers)<br />
}}<br />
__NOTOC__<br />
'''Bholanath Pandey''' and '''Devendra Pandey''' on December 20, 1978 [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacked]] '''Indian Airlines Flight 410''', en-route on a domestic flight from [[Calcutta airport|Calcutta]] to [[Amausi Airport|Lucknow]], and forced it land at [[Varanasi Airport|Varanasi]]. They demanded the release of [[Indira Gandhi]] (who had been arrested after [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]]) and the withdrawal of all the cases against her son [[Sanjay Gandhi]].<ref name="Kishin_2005">{{cite book | title = Indian Airports (Shocking Ground Realities) | author = Kishin R. Wadhwaney | publisher = Diamond Pocket Books | year = 2005 | isbn = 978-81-288-0872-2 | page = 124 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dY3uofmVqR8C&dq=bholanath+and+devendra+Pandey&pg=RA1-PA124 | accessdate=2011-07-28 }}</ref> They carried only [[toy weapon]]s. After keeping 130 passengers and crew hostage in the [[Boeing 737-200]] for some hours, they surrendered in the presence of media.<br />
<br />
The [[Indian National Congress]] party rewarded them with party tickets for the [[1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980 state assembly election]]; both won the election and became members of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Bhola served as a Congress MLA from 1980 to [[1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] and [[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]] to [[1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1991]] from [[Ballia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ballia]] and Devendra remained a member of the house for two terms.<br />
<br />
Devendra resigned from the party as a general secretary of the [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]]. Bhola Pandey also became general secretary of the [[Indian Youth Congress]] and secretary of the Indian National Congress. Bhola Pandey unsuccessfully contested the [[1991 Indian general election|1991]], [[1996 Indian general election|1996]], [[1999 Indian general election|1999]], [[2004 Indian general election|2004]], [[2009 Indian general election|2009]] and [[2014 Indian general election|2014]] [[Lok Sabha]] elections from [[Salempur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salempur]] as a Congress candidate. Devendra never served the party as a general secretary ever again of Uttar Pradesh. He is now preparing for the [[Sultanpur (Assembly constituency)|Sultanpur constituency]] in the hope of a Congress ticket in the next elections.<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
* [[List of hijackings of Indian aeroplanes#1970s]]<br />
* [[List of aircraft hijackings#1970s]]<br />
* [[List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location#India]]<br />
* [[List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline (D–O)#I]]<br />
* [[List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft#1978]]<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
== Further reading ==<br />
* [http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-airlines-boeing-737-hijacking-a-black-political-comedy/1/427050.html Hijacking: A toy-gun affair], India Today, 15 January 1979.<br />
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Tale-of-two-hijackers-One-is-Congress-candidate-other-most-wanted/articleshow/33156540.cms Tale of two hijackers: One is Congress candidate, other most wanted], The Times of India, 3 April 2014.<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
* {{ASN accident|id=19781220-1|type=Hijacking}}<br />
* [http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-s-tryst-with-plane-hijacks-114031800597_1.html India's tryst with plane hijacks], Business Standard, 18 March 2014.<br />
* [https://mythgyaan.com/ic410-plane-hijackers-bholanath-devendra-congress-mla-india/ IC 410 Plane Hijackers become MLA’s in India], Mythgyaan, 27 March 2019.<br />
<br />
{{Aviation accidents and incidents in 1978}}<br />
{{Aviation accidents and incidents in India}}<br />
{{Air India}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pandey, Bholanath And Devendra}}<br />
[[Category:Hijackers]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]<br />
[[Category:Criminal duos]]<br />
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:Aircraft hijackings in India]]<br />
[[Category:Crime in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Indian (airline) accidents and incidents]]<br />
[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in India]]<br />
[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1978]]<br />
[[Category:1978 in India]]<br />
[[Category:December 1978 events in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737]]<br />
[[Category:Desai administration]]<br />
[[Category:Hostage taking in India]]<br />
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in India]]<br />
<br />
{{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub}}</div>->Citation bot