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Historical Event on 3/20/1977

General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1920Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.
5/10/1977Jahangir Khan, famous musician, passed away.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
7/15/1902Judge K. Subba Rao, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
11/1/1966Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
2/5/1986Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
2/14/1901Sambamurty Pichhu, music teacher, was born.