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Historical Event on 5/18/1955

Hindu Marriage Act is amended.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
10/14/1884Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi.
9/14/1991Assam declared 'disturbed area', army launches 'Operation Rhino' against ULFA militants.
12/5/1935Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
1/21/1993Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).