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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 |
| 7/23/1956 | India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak. |
| 1/2/1994 | Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants. |
| 10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
| 8/30/1990 | Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill. |
| 7/6/1992 | The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 12/15/1859 | S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born. |
| 10/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989. |
| 5/27/1991 | Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case. |
| 7/22/1991 | Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away. |
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