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Historical Event on 3/20/1977

General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1992Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
10/5/1957Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.
1/1/1983This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"".
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
9/11/1985Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India.
6/11/2000Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa.
4/21/1995Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful.
9/22/1999India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4.
6/26/1997India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.