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Historical Event on 8/17/1998

National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1664Shivaji marched towards Surat.
11/11/1958Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
1/3/1945No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
7/25/1992Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997.
7/20/1969Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired from the post of President.
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.