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Historical Event on 1/18/1977

Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1937Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born.
10/2/1957All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed.
3/21/1992India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy.
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
5/17/1995Three North Eastern States removes restricted area permits (RAP).
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.