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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 |
| 12/29/1989 | Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha. |
| 11/19/1999 | Indira Gandhi Peace prize is presented to a social worker of Bangladesh Muhammed Yunus. |
| 6/12/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee. |
| 1/10/1932 | Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities. |
| 7/1/1999 | K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow. |
| 3/24/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India. |
| 8/1/1846 | Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London. |
| 12/28/1932 | Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi. |
| 5/12/1998 | Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT. |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
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