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Historical Event on 6/3/1977
K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
| 12/11/1998 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today. |
| 8/21/1990 | Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha . |
| 6/23/1946 | Gandhiji advises Congress not to enter Interim Government, but only Constituent Assembly. |
| 12/5/1999 | The Union Home Ministry ask Intelligence Bureau (IB) to conduct an inquiry against IB officials in ISRO spy case. |
| 9/1/1976 | Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi. |
| 5/14/1978 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 4/8/1937 | R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 7/11/1832 | British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians. |
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