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Historical Event on 10/17/1979
Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.

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5/4/1998	India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.
12/4/1796	Bajirao became the second Peshwa.
8/18/1923	Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay.
11/20/1930	With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
5/23/1947	The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
8/28/1976	Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
8/15/1982	Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
9/17/1956	Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.
2/13/1879	Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.
3/20/1904	Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.

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Historical Event on 10/17/1979 Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.

Historical Event on 10/17/1979
Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.