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Historical Event on 5/5/1955

Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1997Lok Sabha was dissolved with immediate effect and new House was to be constituted by March 15 next.
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
8/10/1930In the 'Gandhi Cap Case' in Guntur, the magistrate prohibits wearing of Gandhi caps within a five-mile radius of the town.
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.
8/1/1990Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
4/14/1914Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.