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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
3/1/1987A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"".
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
3/11/1989In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in.
1/22/1980Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
3/12/1911Daman Div Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, was born.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
1/26/1981Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval.
12/27/1992Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died.
11/17/1948Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers.
3/11/1903Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born.