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Historical Event on 3/22/1977

Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
12/1/1999Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
5/13/1946Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.
11/8/1990Congress (I) extends support to Chandrasekhar to form Government, even as BJP and Left parties decline the request of President R. Venkataraman to form Government. Rajasthan BJP CM Bhairon Singh Shekhwat wins confidence motion with the help of Janata Dal rebels (116-80).
5/20/1900Sumitranandan Pant was born.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.