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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 |
| 6/25/1993 | Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam. |
| 1/30/1999 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna. |
| 10/3/1903 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born. |
| 9/8/1951 | The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions) was re-designated as CDA(P), Allahabad. |
| 2/2/1915 | Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born. |
| 8/1/1931 | Bhairabh Ganguly, cricket test umpire for 5 tests from 1981-85, was born at Bengal. |
| 4/13/1997 | Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai. |
| 3/3/1700 | Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj died of lung infection due to smallpox at Sinhagad fort. |
| 11/2/2000 | Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), national bravery award winner, his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among 10 killed in firing by eight Assam Rifles personnel at Malom near Imphal. |
| 10/5/1805 | Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. |
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