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Historical Event on 3/22/1977
Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1900 | Chidambaranar Thiru Thamizaringar, great author, journalist and homeopath, was born at Sirukadambur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/20/1985 | The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan. |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel. |
| 12/10/1902 | Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria. |
| 9/12/1994 | UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi. |
| 10/1/1928 | Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born. |
| 12/26/1989 | India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean. |
| 12/31/1943 | Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born. |
| 5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
| 9/3/1997 | India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme. |
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