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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
7/26/1993Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77.
11/6/1930First Round Table Conference held at London.
8/6/1932Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures.
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
4/3/1670Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort.
4/3/1670Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
4/30/1958Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.