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Historical Event on 9/17/1954

India outlaws bigamy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
2/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
7/3/1972Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto.
10/19/1954Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
8/23/1995The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.
6/4/1989Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
3/3/1931Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops.