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Historical Event on 8/6/1997

Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1997Forest outlaw Veerappan seeks more time to decide on his surrender as per the terms of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka government.
7/16/1905A decision to boycott British goods was taken at Bagarhat.
8/12/1991Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born.
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
9/8/1965Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.
3/20/1970Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
1/1/1891Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
1/18/1950Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.