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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 |
| 6/23/1980 | Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I). |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 10/1/1919 | Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born. |
| 7/27/1959 | Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut. |
| 3/17/1967 | 4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed. |
| 1/30/1997 | Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam. |
| 9/29/1930 | Ramnath Baburao Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/23/1927 | Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born. |
| 3/19/1972 | India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years. |
| 3/19/1972 | Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"". |
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