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Historical Event on 4/2/1997

A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
10/10/1756Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels.
10/15/1977The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership.
5/10/1996Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.
10/24/1827Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
5/27/1998Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness.