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Historical Event on 10/17/1979

Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
3/30/1908Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
1/3/1997Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.
7/28/1909Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.