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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
3/1/1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.
5/14/2000L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
4/1/1855Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.
9/16/1973Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died.
5/17/1997Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
6/30/1928Kalyanji, famous music director, was born.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
2/26/1975Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.