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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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8/29/1984	Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
11/2/2000	John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.
7/20/1990	Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully.
8/22/1984	R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
2/22/1996	Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).
4/21/1995	Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful.
1/18/1999	Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
2/24/1936	Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away.
11/24/1919	Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
3/31/1996	Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy.

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