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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
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
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.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
2/26/1915Pran Nath Chhuttani, great physician and teacher, was born.
12/30/1949India recognizes People's Republic of China.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
8/18/1951Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.