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Historical Event on 10/17/1979

Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
1/7/1993C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns.
11/15/1920Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.
9/3/1994The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
10/24/1966Yugoslavia, UAR call on the US at New Delhi to stop bombing of North Vietnam.
11/3/1998Mamta Banerjee, the TMC leader resigns from Central Coordinating Committee of the BJP and Allies to highlight the issue of spiralling vegetable prices, but Vajpayee refused to accepts the resignation.
7/14/1656Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born.
11/6/1999Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.