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Historical Event on 5/18/1955
Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1998 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916). |
| 10/30/1996 | ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate. |
| 8/1/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
| 5/2/1968 | Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act. |
| 8/22/1988 | Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling. |
| 12/26/1989 | Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 5/6/1967 | Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President. |
| 3/24/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India. |
| 1/10/1997 | 28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum. |
| 8/26/1909 | Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born. |
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