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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1661Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
5/31/1994Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
4/3/1991UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls .
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
4/4/1999India routed China 5-0 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I second round play-off in Calcutta.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.