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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 |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 1/14/1998 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916). |
| 2/20/1976 | Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai. |
| 3/19/1972 | India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
| 6/15/1899 | Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born. |
| 11/7/1900 | Ranga N.G, professor and politician, was born. |
| 12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
| 8/4/1929 | Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician. |
| 9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
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