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Historical Event on 9/17/1954

India outlaws bigamy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.
11/20/1990Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order.
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
1/9/1994Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul.
11/6/2000Richa Mishra creates a national record in the women's 400m individual medley in 5.15.28sec in the 55th Senior National Aquatic championship in Calcutta.
12/29/1975D.K. Barooah elected Congress President.
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".