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Historical Event on 10/17/1994

Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
8/3/1967Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.
4/14/1925Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.
2/9/1984Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras.
12/22/1751Battle of Mandavgargh.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
10/2/1975Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras.