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Historical Event on 5/18/1955

Hindu Marriage Act is amended.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/28/1967Pandurang Mahadev Bapat ""Senapati Bapat"", revolutionary and social reformer, passed away at the age of 89. He led the famous ""Mulshi Satyagraha"" and played a significant role in the struggle for Samyukta Maharashtra and took part in Goa liberation movement.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
7/20/1982Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
2/6/1937Baldev Singh, Chahal campaigner, was born.
12/19/1995Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal.
2/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
10/11/1876Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
3/3/1924Mustafa Kamal Attaturk abolished the caliphate and established a nationalist government and thus Khilafat Movement ended without achieving its aim.