When a Pak fighter jet shot down Gujarat CM's plane 60 years ago

When a Pak fighter jet shot down Gujarat CM's plane 60 years ago

Sixty years before former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani lost his life in the Air India crash on Thursday, a sitting Gujarat CM was lost mid-air, not to malfunction, but to a Pakistani strike. During the India-Pakistan War of 1965, a Pakistani fighter shot down Balwantrai Mehta's Beechcraft aircraft, perceiving it as to be a surveillance aircraft.

When Pakistani Fighter Jet Shot Down Gujarat Chief Minister Balwantrai Mehta Plane 60 Years Ago Know Details

Pakistani Fighter Jet Shot Down CM Plane: Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London crashed on Thursday (June 12, 2025). Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was also on board this flight and he died. Similarly, 60 years ago, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat also died in the air, but it was not due to any plane accident but due to Pakistani attack. According to India Today report, Pakistani fighter jet shot down Balwantrai's plane thinki…