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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"".

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11/20/1955	Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
8/18/1995	Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.
2/11/1980	Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.
2/16/1994	Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar.
12/27/1987	Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum .
4/20/1960	Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.
9/5/1957	Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
6/4/1955	Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
6/4/1955
6/20/1992	Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.

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