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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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6/15/1988Dalai Lama recoganised the rights of China in foreign affairs and Army Operations in Tibet region.
9/2/1992Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
1/29/1999Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi.
9/19/1965Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China.
1/29/1968Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.
11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
8/26/1975Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
10/26/1981Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.
1/28/1951Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.