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Historical Event on 7/17/1930

Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.

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1/14/1994C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away.
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10/20/1989Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India.
4/9/1991Rajendra Mathur, editor of Hindi daily newspaper 'Navbharat Times', passed away.
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10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
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11/1/1956Madhya Pradesh State High Court was established at Jabalpur having its benches in Gwalior and Indore.