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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
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
7/15/1986Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.
3/24/1992Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.
10/1/1887Pandit Hridaynath Ajudhianath Kunzru, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
8/8/1912Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
11/12/1880Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra).
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
9/25/1985Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.
6/19/1997Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir.