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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
1/11/1859Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
7/16/1997Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.
4/8/1831Ram Mohan Roy landed in England.
7/31/2000The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.
10/1/1998Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital.
3/1/1990BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
8/2/1919Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born.
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.