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Historical Event on 10/1/1978

In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1995Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.
12/22/1871Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died.
5/12/1955The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.
6/1/1927Justice Savyasachi Mukherjee was born.
7/26/1874Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.
9/29/1977India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
9/2/1918Datta Deshmukh, water expert and President of `Lalnishan Party', was born.
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.