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Historical Event on 12/15/1997

Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
7/18/1946U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth.
5/13/1648Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
1/9/1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.
5/10/1996Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.
12/30/1879Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.
5/19/1956The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi.
5/2/1968Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act.