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Historical Event on 7/29/1979

Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

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10/2/1910D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
1/25/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993).
7/15/1955Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
5/29/1953Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born.
4/5/1940Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"".
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
11/5/1928R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
2/27/1956G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.