Year 1979
Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
OCTOBER 17
Daily Historical Chronicle
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17 October: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 17 October.
Observances & Special Days
Digital Society Day (India)
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on 17 October promotes people’s awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution worldwide.
Year 1994
Kapil Dev’s final one-day international (vs West Indies).
Year 2008
Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-scorer ever in test cricket beating Brian Lara’s record and passing 12,000 runs against Australia in Mohali.
Year 2018
India’s junior foreign minister MJ Akbar is highest official to resign in #MeToo case after sexual harassment accusations by numerous women.
Born 1817
Syed Ahmad Khan was an Islamic pragmatist, Islamic reformer, and philosopher.
Born 1859
Keshavlal Dhruv was a research scholar, philologist, critic.
Born 1892
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty was an Indian lawyer, economist and politician who served as independent India’s first finance minister.
Born 1941
Sarita Joshi, Indian stage, television and film actress.
Born 1947
Simi Garewal, Indian actress and a talk show hostess.
Born 1955
Smita Patil was an Indian actress of film, television and theatre.
Born 1957
Hemant Gupta, Judge of Supreme Court of India.
Born 1965
Sanjay Kapoor, Indian film actor and producer.
Born 1970
Anil Kumble, former Indian cricketer, coach, and commentator, who played Tests and ODIs for 18 years.
Born 1973
Bhagwant Mann, Indian politician.
Born 1986
Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi, Indian film actress.
Born 1992
Keerthy Suresh, Indian film actress who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.
Born 1992
Pranitha Subhash, Indian film actress who appears in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil language films.
Died 1981
Kannadasan was a Tamil philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist.
Died 1993
Vijay Bhatt was a producer-director-screenwriter of Hindi cinema, who made such films as Ram Rajya.