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Historical Event on 3/24/1977

Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.

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5/10/1909Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
1/16/1985Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
5/2/1968Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act.
12/16/1999The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
11/19/1975Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born.