17 October in India

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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