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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 |
| 6/1/1933 | Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published. |
| 3/9/1902 | Edward Durell Stone, US architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), was born. |
| 6/21/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished. |
| 1/18/1983 | Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada. |
| 10/6/1935 | Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India. |
| 7/30/1992 | The Supreme Court declares that capitation fee in educational institutions is unlawful. |
| 5/31/1977 | Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak. |
| 2/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support. |
| 12/28/1971 | Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar. |
| 3/1/1963 | 25 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions. |
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