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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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10/20/1999	Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
4/28/1986	Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
2/20/1994	Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking.
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3/7/1998	A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
1/10/1993	24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.

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