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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
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
8/2/1993Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I).
4/22/1840James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away.
3/22/2000P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
4/29/1882Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born.
9/20/1944Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi.
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
1/23/1920Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started.