Events in the year 1917 in India.
Incumbents Emperor of India – George V Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Events National income - 20,552 million The Indian National Congress demands self-government for India. 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 Inland Vessels Act Post Office Cash Certificates Act Destruction of Records Act
Births 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 1984). 29 December – Ramanand Sagar, film director (died 2005).
Deaths 30 June – Dadabhai Naoroji, founder, Indian National Congress and part of the Early Nationalists.
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