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{{Year in India|1917}}<br />
Events in the year '''1917 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* The Indian National Congress demands self-government for India.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |year=1971 |edition=6 |pages=262}}</ref><br />
* 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''.<br />
* [[Champaran Satyagraha]] of 1917<br />
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==Births==<br />
* 17 January – [[M. G. Ramachandran]], Actor, Politician, Former [[Chief Minister]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] (died [[1987 in India|1987]]).<br />
* 11 February – [[T. Nagi Reddy]], communist politician (died [[1976 in India|1976]]).<br />
* 11 July 1917 – [[Chandrakant T. Patel]], cotton scientist (died [[1990 in India|1990]]).<br />
* 3 September 1917 – [[G. V. Iyer]], film director (died [[2003 in India|2003]]).<br />
* 19 November – [[Indira Gandhi]], Prime Minister of [[India]], assassinated (died [[1984 in India|1984]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Indira Gandhi |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/indira-gandhi |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 February 2019}}</ref><br />
* 29 December – [[Ramanand Sagar]], film director (died [[2005 in India|2005]]).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
* 30 June – [[Dadabhai Naoroji]], founder, [[Indian National Congress]] and part of the [[Early Nationalists]].<br />
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