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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
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
12/11/1929Subhash Pandharinath ""Fergie"" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner), was born in Bom
3/13/1997Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
11/11/1958Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
3/7/1974T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.