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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
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
10/24/1930Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born.
4/10/1997Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
1/28/1951Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.
6/9/1994Yogi Dhirendra Bhramachari, [controversial Flying Swami], hindu saint, died in an air crash near Jammu. He was 70.
4/15/1658Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
4/3/1984Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.
7/5/1993Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal.
12/11/1908New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.'