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Historical Event on 10/17/1979

Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1991Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I).
8/17/1932V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.
8/17/1932Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
12/12/1971Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died.
3/22/1969The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated.
12/22/1995A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.
3/11/1992Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father.
12/17/2000The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.
8/2/1970Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.