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Historical Event on 8/15/1997

IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1903Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
10/17/1859Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.
5/4/1980Coal Mine Worker's Day established.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
12/5/1935Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born.
12/20/1994The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN.
2/1/1967Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away.