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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1917 in India .

Incumbents [ edit ]

• Emperor of India ? George V
• Viceroy of India ? Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Events [ edit ]

• National income - ? 20,552 million
• The Indian National Congress demands self-government for India. ^[1]
• 20 August ? The secretary of state for India makes the announcement that British policy in India calls for the gradual development of self-governing institutions and the progressive realization of responsible government .
• Champaran Satyagraha

Law [ edit ]

• Inland Vessels Act ^[2]
• Post Office Cash Certificates Act ^[3]
• Destruction of Records Act ^[4]

Births [ edit ]

• 17 January ? M. G. Ramachandran , Actor, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 1987 ).
• 11 February ? T. Nagi Reddy , communist politician (died 1976 ).
• 11 July 1917 ? Chandrakant T. Patel , cotton scientist (died 1990 ).
• 3 September 1917 ? G. V. Iyer , film director (died 2003 ).
• 19 November ? Indira Gandhi , Prime Minister of India , assassinated (died 1984 ). ^[5]
• 29 December ? Ramanand Sagar , film director (died 2005 ).

Deaths [ edit ]

• 30 June ? Dadabhai Naoroji , founder, Indian National Congress and part of the Early Nationalists .

References [ edit ]

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