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Historical Event on 5/5/1955

Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/1919Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).
6/3/1895Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
4/15/1658Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
11/5/1951Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup.
12/5/1657Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India.
7/20/1990GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.