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Historical Event on 7/17/1930
Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1985 | Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"". |
| 5/11/1987 | President's rule imposed in Punjab. |
| 4/12/1799 | The Church Missionary Society was organized in London under the original name of the Society for Missions in Africa and the East. This Anglican missions agency currently works in fields located in Africa, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Iran and Palestine. |
| 5/3/1998 | Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President. |
| 10/28/1946 | Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar. |
| 8/29/1998 | Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi. |
| 2/9/1985 | Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away. |
| 5/29/1906 | Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/16/1992 | Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President. |
| 12/5/1872 | Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar. |
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