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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
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
2/10/1943Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
8/1/1882Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born.
6/23/1942Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born.
1/1/1900Sathya Sai Baba was born
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
7/18/1990Following the end of six months Governor's rule, President's rule imposed in J&K.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.