Events in October 17 in the Republic of India. Events * 2000 - Information Technology Act 2000 is passed Births * 1785 - Gunatitanand Swami, paramhansas of the Swaminarayan Sampraday (d. 1867) * 1817 - Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian educator and politician (d. 1898) * 1892 - R. K. Shanmukham Chetty, Indian lawyer, economist and politician (d. 1953) * 1923 - Shivani, Hindi story writer (d. 2003) * 1931 - S. C. Jamir, Indian politician and Governor of Odisha * 1932 - Rajeev Taranath, Indian classical musician * 1941 - Sarita Joshi, Indian stage, television and film actress * 1947 - Simi Garewal, Film actor, Producer, Director * 1947 - Brinda Karat, politician * 1952 - Fakirbhai Raghabhai Vaghela, politician from Gujarat * 1955 - Smita Patil, Indian film actress and padma Shri recipent * 1961 - Mohite Subodh Baburao, politician of Maharashtra * 1964 - Raj Singh, businessman * 1965 - Sanjay Kapoor, Bollywood actor * 1970 - Anil Kumble, cricketer * 1972 - Bhagwant Mann, Indian comedian and politician * 1980 - Reema Malhotra, cricketer * 1984 - Chiranjeevi Sarja, Kannada Film actor * 1985 - Suhit Gosain, Indian pop-singer, actor * 1989 - Soumya Seth, Indian television actress Deaths * 1981 - Kannadasan, Tamil lyric writer (b. 1927) * 1992 - Prem Sahgal, Indian revolutionary (b. 1917) * 1998 - Lallan Prasad Singh, Govenor of Indian states (b. 1912) * 2009 - Labanya Dutta Goswami, Assamese writer (b. 1952) * 2012 - Bandya Kakade, Indian footballer (b. 1945) Special Observance * Digital Society Day
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