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Historical Event on 10/1/1978
In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/13/1999 | Janata Dal (United) snap ties with the BJP in Karnataka |
| 1/27/1901 | Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born. |
| 2/16/1942 | The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943. |
| 5/22/1996 | 11th Lok Sabha's first session begins. |
| 10/20/1997 | Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days. |
| 11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
| 4/9/1695 | Waman Pandit, famous pandit poet, took samadhee at Bhogav. |
| 3/26/1931 | New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies. |
| 8/5/1992 | Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86. |
| 7/5/1970 | Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives. |
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