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Historical Event on 9/17/1954

India outlaws bigamy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
10/15/1918Shirdi ke Saibaba' better known as 'Saibaba' passed away at Shirdi near Nashik, Maharashtra. He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people.
4/10/1880C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
10/9/1987Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.
5/23/19961995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
8/1/1992S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.
11/1/1948An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.