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Historical Event on 5/18/1955

Hindu Marriage Act is amended.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
3/31/1972Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away.
12/7/1993Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram.
4/26/1995SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
3/27/1999World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.
3/29/1942Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.