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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
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
5/18/1995Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away.
10/31/1895Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur.
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
2/18/1974Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque.
7/10/1924Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73.
1/23/1993Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die.
3/29/1992Shri Anand Rishiji Maharaj 1008 , Acharya Samrat of 'Jain Shraman Sangh', passed away.
3/19/1944Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'.