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Historical Event on 10/1/1978
In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/27/1976 | Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters. |
| 8/1/1970 | Bhopal University was established. |
| 1/12/1966 | Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away. |
| 10/11/1988 | Janata Dal, a new national centrist opposition party, launched. V. P. Singh elected President. |
| 4/17/1926 | Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 2/19/1861 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away. |
| 1/26/1997 | Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs. |
| 6/19/1871 | Madhavrao Sapre was born. |
| 4/1/1956 | Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force. |
| 12/23/1845 | Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born. |
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