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Historical Event on 10/17/1979

Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
8/30/1773Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa.
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
5/1/1987The Bofors Deal.
10/26/1990V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay.
9/19/1960Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.