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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
10/1/1990Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations.
10/18/1993Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
9/2/1992Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed.
4/10/1935Vasudevaru Kesavaru (K.V. Manalikkera), famous writer and poet, was born at Madras.
7/20/1954Armistice for Indo-China signed.
2/9/1931A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.
6/29/1924Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
12/14/1985Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award.