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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
4/7/1935Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died.
4/23/1913Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born.
10/24/1934Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
4/22/1812Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.
5/20/1750Tipu 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.
7/22/1944Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P.
9/6/1961D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.