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Historical Event on 7/29/1979

Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1925Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born.
5/14/1994RBI announces tight monetary policy.
5/4/1849Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born.
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
1/6/1942Four of the flight's six aircraft were promptly lost to Japanese bombing and No. 4 Flight gave place in Moulmein to No. 3 Flight which had meanwhile re-equipped with four ex-RAF Blenheim ls. B-314 completed first commercial flight around the world.
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
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