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Historical Event on 8/17/1998
National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/15/1904 | Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born. |
4/18/1914 | Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur. |
1/19/1997 | Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur. |
3/31/1997 | Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London. |
2/25/1987 | The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1. |
11/7/1995 | Lukose Leelamma at Pune sets record for 10,000m (Women) in 34.33.50. |
6/2/1984 | Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act. |
4/26/1995 | SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA). |
2/8/1967 | Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd. |
1/3/1831 | Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra. |
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