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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
9/14/1953Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul.
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.
2/2/1862Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.
7/16/1936Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore.
4/25/1998India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka.
12/16/1990Dr. M. Channa Reddy resigned as Andhra Pradesh CM.
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
6/14/1886Orphanage for little girls was established.
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.