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India in 1917

Historical records for India in 1917, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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Historical records

Other Events

1917Birth of Indira Nehru GandhiIndira Nehru Gandhi

Allahabad · Politics / Congress Party

Birth of Indira Nehru Gandhi, daughter of Nehru

1917Imperial War ConferenceSinha Raipur, 1st

London · Government / Government of India

Satyendra Prasanna Sinha participates in the Imperial War Conference in London.

1917Palit Chair of PhysicsChandrasekhara Venkata Raman

Calcutta · Science / Physics

C. V. Raman takes the Palit Professorship of Physics at the University of Calcutta and expands his experimental research programme.

Names involved

Chandrasekhara Venkata RamanIndira Nehru GandhiSinha Raipur, 1st

Places involved

AllahabadCalcuttaLondon

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.