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Historical Event on 10/17/1979

Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1991Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.
3/18/1938Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc.
10/13/1999No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes.
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
5/12/1997Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.
7/2/1992Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet.
6/19/1996Kerala LDF govt. decides to reopen the ISRO espionage case, which was closed by the CBI.
4/7/1993Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.