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Historical Event on 5/8/1997

Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1920Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
1/14/1946Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
6/24/1908Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
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