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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1977Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.
1/17/1771Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
5/26/2000In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.
2/18/1996Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.
11/19/1975Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.