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Historical Event on 7/15/1979
Morarji Desai resigns as PM. Jagjivan Ram elected Janata Parliamentary party leader.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1917 | Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'. |
| 10/5/1997 | Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998) |
| 12/19/1857 | The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi. |
| 9/18/1917 | Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana). |
| 6/12/1972 | D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died. |
| 11/7/1990 | National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government. |
| 5/10/1981 | The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay). |
| 5/12/1995 | Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act. |
| 11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 1/24/1957 | Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made. |
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