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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
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
1/26/1957Shivlal Nandlal Yadav, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87), was born in Hyderabad.
1/31/1997Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.
5/26/1983R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away.
2/1/1797Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805.
2/22/1948Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.
7/14/1636Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
8/8/1949India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.