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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
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
1/26/1930Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi march to protest against the Salt Act of the British and the same day Indians swore to get 'Total' Swaraj and organised the day as Swaraj Day.
7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
10/23/1898Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
1/9/1841John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris.
11/19/2000The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress.
4/19/1994Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away.