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Historical Event on 3/20/1977

General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
10/22/1680Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died.
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
11/23/1908Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.
5/5/1818Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.
11/8/1947Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
4/4/1926Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues.