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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 |
12/3/1979 | Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. |
5/22/1991 | Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away. |
10/18/1928 | Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad. |
4/18/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee. |
9/10/2000 | Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship. |
1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
10/16/1999 | Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister. |
9/4/1987 | Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan. |
2/16/1997 | Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti. |
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