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Historical Event on 8/15/1997

K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1988Fatte Singrao Gaekwad of Baroda, former Member of Parliament, passed away.
3/31/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born.
1/25/1957Kashmir becomes Indian state.
5/13/1946Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.
6/19/2000Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
10/31/1999Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award.
4/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.