TERRORISM IN INDIA - OTHER December 31, 1999  (December 24, 1999:  Hijacking of Indian Airlines FLIGHT 814):   The hostage crisis lasted for 7 days and ended on Dec 31, 1999 after India agreed to release three militants – Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and Maulana Masood Azhar. These very militants have since been implicated in 9/11, the kidnap and murder of Daniel Pearl and Mumbai terror attacks.