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Historical Event on 5/8/1997

Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
6/9/1992Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
7/31/1948State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
12/23/1889Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
7/1/1913Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born.
4/27/1705Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.