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Historical Event on 10/17/1979

Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
7/31/2000The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
1/16/1948Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.
7/5/1917'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
3/25/1983Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
6/9/1752Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.