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Historical Event on 8/6/1997

Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1996Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).
12/28/1972C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died.
10/5/1997Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
10/26/1890Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
6/18/1858Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
10/12/1946Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay.