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Historical Event on 8/6/1997
Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1905 | Raghunath Govind Sardesai, journalist and Marathi litterateur, was born. |
| 1/20/1684 | Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese. |
| 8/19/1934 | Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
| 3/27/1997 | 40 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45. |
| 6/25/1994 | Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away. |
| 4/18/1959 | Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India. |
| 1/19/1977 | World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'. |
| 7/30/1995 | Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
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