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1917 in India

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Historical records for India in 1917

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1917

Birth of Indira Nehru Gandhi

Gandhi, Indira Nehru · Allahabad · Politics / Congress Party

Birth of Indira Nehru Gandhi, daughter of Nehru

1917

Imperial War Conference

Sinha · London · Member of IWC · Government / Government of India

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

1917

Palit Chair of Physics

Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata · Calcutta · Palit Professor · Science / Physics

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

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