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Historical Event on 4/7/1987
In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1923 | Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta. |
| 1/8/2000 | The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain. |
| 9/29/1992 | Forex norms relaxed for wide range of purposes. |
| 9/29/1992 | Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 1/1/1874 | The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published. |
| 11/6/1937 | Yashwant BipinBihari Sinha was born in Patna (Bihar). |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 5/13/1996 | Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party. |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
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