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Historical Event on 7/15/1979

Morarji Desai resigns as PM. Jagjivan Ram elected Janata Parliamentary party leader.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.
1/3/1921Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
1/12/1863Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.
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.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
10/4/1907Riots in Calcutta.