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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 |
| 12/31/1941 | Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras. |
| 8/30/1645 | Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty. |
| 8/1/1899 | Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born. |
| 5/12/1995 | India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form. |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 12/1/1955 | Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism. |
| 12/5/1657 | Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India. |
| 6/20/1997 | Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai. |
| 2/8/1993 | India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi. |
| 10/20/1905 | Mohansing Mahir, famous modern Punjabi poet, was born. |
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