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Historical Event on 10/17/1979

Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
11/8/1977Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
4/1/1990Gold Control Act was withdrawn.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
9/24/1873Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.
12/17/1990N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh.
7/16/1997Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.
12/21/1993JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.