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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
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
1/16/1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat.
4/21/1805Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers.
8/23/1942Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur.
12/6/1990VHP-sponsored 'karseva' in Ayodhya passes off peacefully.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
5/7/1993Jankiraman panel's final report finds that an additional aggregate of Rs. 12,85,549 crore was transacted in banks without any documentation; it indicts 12 more banks for involving in the scam.
4/1/1989Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.