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Historical Event on 10/17/1979

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1953Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi.
1/19/2000M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
2/27/1993Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget.
1/15/1965Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras.
7/1/1952Olympic Games open at Helsinki.
7/7/1997Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur.
1/30/1947Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
1/16/1620Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.