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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
9/27/2000The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
7/22/1875Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born.
4/16/1993The Supreme Court stays the operation of M.P. High Court's order quashing President's rule in the state.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
5/1/1902Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
9/7/1905Raghunath Govind Sardesai, journalist and Marathi litterateur, was born.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.