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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
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.
4/1/1954Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.
6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.