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Historical Event on 5/18/1955

Hindu Marriage Act is amended.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1924Mustafa Kamal Attaturk abolished the caliphate and established a nationalist government and thus Khilafat Movement ended without achieving its aim.
5/6/1946Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
8/6/1998The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force.
10/20/1954Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
12/25/1880Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh.
1/27/1927Michael Craig, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), was born in Pune.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
6/25/1880Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P.
5/7/195081 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.