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Historical Event on 4/7/1987
In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/7/1999 | Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi. |
| 1/7/1997 | Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting. |
| 7/12/1960 | Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar. |
| 12/31/1941 | Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras. |
| 3/28/1917 | Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa. |
| 2/22/1854 | Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'. |
| 4/4/1996 | Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates. |
| 2/11/1997 | A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments. |
| 9/2/1894 | Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born. |
| 6/18/1879 | Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born. |
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