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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
1/20/1939Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.
11/29/1993Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen
1/8/1994Kamkothi Parmacharya Shri Chandrashekhar Saraswati, 68th Shankaracharya of Kanchi maat and Indian Saint, passed away at the the of 99.
11/12/1880Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra).
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
6/13/1932Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died.
8/4/1937Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, famous lawyer, philosopher, ancient researcher and eminent historian, died at Patna.
8/25/1919Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
7/31/2000The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.