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Historical Event on 5/5/1955

Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
12/30/1947India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.
2/13/1936Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai.
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
3/21/1971Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
1/28/1961Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.
7/21/1993Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.