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Historical Event on 3/22/1977
Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/28/1859 | Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
| 1/28/1998 | All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty. |
| 12/6/1971 | US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan. |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
| 5/2/1921 | Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''. |
| 6/22/1898 | The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India. |
| 6/9/1998 | 81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone. |
| 4/28/1996 | EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states. |
| 2/12/1946 | 14 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war. |
| 2/2/1978 | The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm). |
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