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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
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
3/26/1942Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.
3/15/1931M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu.
5/16/1926Manik Varma, famous singer, was born.
6/5/1994Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72.
3/22/1709It is assumed that Goswami Tulsidas started writing his great epic 'Ramcharitmanas' in Samvat 1631.
2/24/1880Satyanarayan, great poet of Kannada language, was born.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
1/20/1957First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation.
7/29/1988Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.