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Historical Event on 9/17/1954

India outlaws bigamy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
4/8/1998India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal.
5/20/1996CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
12/23/1992Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi.
6/12/1894Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born.
3/5/1989Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns.
10/16/1959National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
5/17/1916Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.