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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
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
4/22/1994Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away.
12/3/1991Lok Sabha question hour telecast at 7.15 a.m for the first time .
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
1/18/1983Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
3/19/1995Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away.
4/12/1978India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"".
3/12/1988After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram.
7/30/1987India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe.