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Historical Event on 2/17/1931

Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
9/11/1913Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born.
10/31/1999The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust president ends fast in support of his eight-point demands including improvement of 'puja' and 'darshan' arrangements of 'Ram Lala' at the temple.
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
11/8/1948Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
8/3/1967Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.
12/16/1999Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.