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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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7/13/1974	India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
1/18/1998	India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.
8/2/1980	Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died.
8/21/1986	Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.
3/14/1994	Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit.
6/13/1996	Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
2/17/1992	Tripura's Congress (I) ministry falls as TUJS withdraws support.
10/24/1789	Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born
1/21/1997	First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
1/21/1997	Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.

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