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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
1/9/1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
7/27/1887Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born.
6/20/1996Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
3/27/1767Khanderao Holkar, one of the Generals in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
10/31/1875Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India', was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. His father had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi against Britishers.
6/20/1992CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
3/23/1986The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
4/26/1973Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977.