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Historical Event on 1/18/1977

Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
7/4/1985Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.
5/1/1983V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away.
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.
7/27/1927Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born.