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Historical Event on 5/5/1955

Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
9/24/1921Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
6/1/1944M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
7/1/1997Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.
3/31/1964Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
4/16/1958Raghuram Adwai Bhat, great Indian left-arm spinner 1983-84, was born at Mangalore.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
3/6/1928Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died.