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Historical Event on 5/18/1955

Hindu Marriage Act is amended.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/27/1993Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
3/28/1963First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.
11/21/1994Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died.
11/5/1907Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions.
3/16/1999The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.
4/6/1664Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
11/14/1955Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
1/1/1934Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.