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Historical Event on 7/17/1979

Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1885Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
11/8/1948Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
7/29/1999Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
10/10/1999Congress-NCP talks still on forming a Government in Maharashtra.
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.