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Historical Event on 4/2/1997

A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
12/28/1892Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born.
7/16/1990O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD.
4/20/1989R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court.
5/25/1606Guru Arjun Dev, spiritual leader of Sikhs and Hindus, was massacred at the instruction of Emperor Jahangir.
10/28/2000The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.
10/12/1990Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.
4/18/1966Kuwalyanand Swami (Jagannath Ganesh Gune), great Physical Training and Yoga expert, passed away.
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.