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Historical Event on 8/17/1998
National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/23/2000 | Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi. |
| 1/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country. |
| 4/21/1659 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami. |
| 11/24/1919 | Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi. |
| 8/8/1948 | Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York. |
| 1/10/1996 | Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission. |
| 1/31/1948 | Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder. |
| 1/16/1920 | Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born. |
| 1/12/1757 | Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel. |
| 5/12/1930 | R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born. |
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