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Historical Event on 10/15/1977

The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1875The Bombay Stock Exchange, the first in India, was constructed under the shade of a large banyan tree.
9/5/1957Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
3/27/1845Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany.
11/15/1993Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
6/13/1992Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away.
5/17/1865Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.
4/18/1961Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.