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Historical Event on 7/29/1979

Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1890Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
11/23/1933Saint Namdev passed away.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
4/8/1997India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.