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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
9/23/1974First NCC Airforce Squadran (Women) was established at Vanasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan.
3/21/1977Internal Emergency, promulgated on June 25, 1975, withdrawn by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
7/29/1999Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.
7/30/1957Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.