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Historical Event on 7/17/1979

Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
8/19/1947Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, died.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
8/8/1955Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
10/15/1987Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
4/1/1989Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala.
12/8/1911Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa.