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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
3/9/1996	India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.
2/7/1856	Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.
9/4/1990	An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities.
1/31/1997	INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned.
6/18/1858	Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
7/31/1948	State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
8/14/1896	Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
8/29/1993	Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.
1/4/1967	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. began delivery of the MIG aircraft.
3/30/1993	S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away.

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