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Historical Event on 5/8/1997

Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
7/25/1992K. Madhavan, CBI Jt. Director looking into the security scam, resigns.
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
6/1/1945Tata Fundamental Research Institute was established.
1/17/1999Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
12/27/1985The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. .
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.