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Historical Event on 10/17/1979

Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
1/12/1992Punjab election set for February 19.
9/27/1925Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh was established.
2/2/1993Prices of iron and steel hiked.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
9/21/1994Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
1/10/1987Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.