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Historical Event on 5/5/1955
Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/28/1853 | Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba. |
| 10/15/1995 | PM leaves for a 12-day tour of Egypt, NAM Summit at Cartagena in Columbia and 50th year United Nations celebrations at New York. |
| 5/1/1999 | India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final. |
| 8/19/1977 | Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake. |
| 5/26/1993 | The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June. |
| 4/1/1989 | Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala. |
| 12/21/1881 | Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P. |
| 4/28/1986 | Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'. |
| 7/7/1905 | Six Language penel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note changed to Red with Special text mentioned, 'At any office of issue not situated in Burma'. |
| 12/17/1934 | Khandesh Gandhi Mir Sukrulla, great patriot and freedom fighter, died. |
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