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Historical Event on 8/17/1944

Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1927Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab.
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
11/16/1713Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as 'Peshwa'.
3/12/1917Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India.
9/26/1992Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent.
5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
8/14/1896Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
7/18/1994Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away.
7/31/1912Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84.