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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
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
10/24/1930Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
2/10/1897Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P).
5/10/1905Pankaj Malik, music director, was born.
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
5/16/1998India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
8/22/1919Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.