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Historical Event on 6/3/1977

K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
9/23/1743Sawai Jaising died.
9/23/1743Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi.
10/29/1947Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
8/14/1947Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
2/12/1993The baggage rules relaxed further.
8/18/1979Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.