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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 |
4/7/1935 | Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died. |
4/23/1913 | Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born. |
10/24/1934 | Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay. |
4/22/1812 | Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born. |
5/20/1750 | Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect. |
7/22/1944 | Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P. |
9/6/1961 | D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966. |
9/5/1998 | Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore. |
10/19/1929 | Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born. |
3/22/1949 | SSC Examination system started. |
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