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Historical Event on 8/17/1998
National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/10/1992 | P.Chidambaram,Union Minister, resigns owning responsibility for investing in 'Fairgrowth'. |
| 1/18/1994 | India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 12/3/1998 | Maganbhai Kasundra, (50), Gujarat Minister, dies following a heart attack at his residence in Gandhinagar. |
| 3/1/1901 | Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born. |
| 4/27/1920 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born. |
| 3/2/2000 | Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana. |
| 1/14/1990 | India and Maldives scrap visas. |
| 2/22/1905 | Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind). |
| 3/24/1944 | Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born. |
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