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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
7/10/1996Budget session of Parliament begins.
4/21/1946Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971).
12/17/1991Narasimhan committee on Monetary Reforms recommends that there should not be any further nationalisation of banks. Loan-melas assailed.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
12/19/1857The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi.
8/1/1957National Book Trust inaugurated.
5/8/1994Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
1/24/1857Calcutta University established.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.