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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 |
| 11/12/1781 | Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops. |
| 5/10/1901 | Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". |
| 1/14/1896 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born. |
| 2/18/1925 | Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born. |
| 10/30/1994 | India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership. |
| 10/26/1935 | Ashok P.Jain, great industrialist, was born. |
| 11/5/1951 | Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup. |
| 1/11/1955 | Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India. |
| 9/30/1997 | 24th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum. |
| 1/8/1993 | FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500. |
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