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Historical Event on 1/15/1977

Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1958Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur.
5/6/1993Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
6/22/1920Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
4/19/1998Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back.
2/2/1977Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
8/12/1998Uttarancha State plan meets with difficulty owing to differences on inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar district.
12/10/1979Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize.