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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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5/23/1903	Gemini Roy, famous Painter, joined Government School of Arts and Crafts at Calcutta.
8/28/1994	Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
10/25/1999	US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
10/25/1999	Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
5/14/1972	Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported.
8/2/1935	The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India.
1/1/1987	United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
2/14/1755	Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
1/19/1997	Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
4/23/1929	The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime.

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