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Historical Event on 8/17/1998
National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/13/1861 | Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians. |
9/23/1743 | Sawai Jaising died. |
11/25/1962 | Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away. |
3/4/1990 | Congress (I) gains absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh; Gegong Apang CM. |
8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
6/5/1961 | Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979. |
10/15/1686 | Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era. |
10/6/1913 | V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born. |
10/6/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title. |
9/29/1981 | Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore. |
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